Latino audiences are driving marketing trends
Latino audiences are driving marketing trends
*So Google is launching a new domain called .soy. It’s targeted to the “tech savvy, Spanish-speaking market.” Sounds flattering at first. But it doesn’t sit well after it settles – […]
Pollster: Arizona’s switch from red to blue state ‘inevitable’
*Just as in Texas, if Latinos don’t vote, the needle doesn’t move. VL By Joe Martin, Cronkite News Service/Verde Independent PHOENIX – Arizona has a national reputation for hard-core conservatism, […]
The Underground Sex Economy and Latinas’ Body in America’s Sex Trafficking Capitals
*This reads like a clinical report on Latino sex trafficking in the U.S. The numbers tell a distressing story. Latinos are not unlike any other culture/ethnicity/race when it comes to […]
A Better Graft: How A Mexican-American Biomedical Researcher Is Making Her Mark
*Yes! Anytime I see a story about a Latin@ kicking serious butt (especially in STEM), I’ll post it. Go Maria! (Oh, and ¡Viva Chihuahua!) VL By Bill Vourvoulias, Fox News Latino […]
Latino Concern Should Expand to Include Climate Change
*Immigration, jobs and education are are top concerns for Latinos, and for good reasons. And climate change should be as well. It’s a top concern at NewsTaco. Congress’ slow action […]
Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez had mental health problems
*Information is starting to trickle about Army Spec. Ivan Lopez, the suspected gunman in Wednesday’s shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. VL By Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY The man behind Wednesday’s deadly […]
Lending Circles Help Latinas Pay Bills And Invest
*I love this! Read this, so the next time someone says Latinas are not entrepreneurs you can tell them about “Tandas.” They break most notions of “boot strap” thinking; rely on […]
Seventy Years Later: The Zoot Suit Riots and the Complexity of Youth Culture
*This is a good read, now that the Cesar Chavez movie has brought conversation about U.S. Latino history to kitchen tables and social media. Coverage of the Zoot Suit riots […]
Hundreds Protest Police Shootings In Albuquerque
*This story hasn’t gotten adequate attention in mainstream media, aside from local NM, and some regional, news outlets. But anytime tear gas is used to disperse a crowd, it merits […]
Ten National Leaders Honored By White House In Cesar Chavez’s Name
By Fox News Latino The labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, who would have turned 87 on Monday, was remembered by the White House with “Champions of Change,” […]
