‘Catch An Illegal’ Protest At U.T.-Austin Totally Backfires

‘Catch An Illegal’ Protest At U.T.-Austin Totally Backfires

NewsTaco November 21, 2013

By Huffington Post Latino Voices An ill-fated attempt by a conservative student group to mock undocumented immigrants on the University of Texas at Austin campus has backfired. The Young Conservatives of Texas […]

Bilingualism: Key to delaying dementia?

NewsTaco November 18, 2013

By Danielle Restuccia, Saludify If you speak more than one language, here’s some good news: you’re protecting yourself against dementia. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, recently showed that […]

Is The Dominican Republic Legalizing Ethnic Cleansing?

NewsTaco November 14, 2013

By Louis Nevaer, New America Media The Dominican Republic’s Constitution Court ruling on September 23 to strip thousands of individuals born in that Caribbean island nation of citizenship has met […]

Latinos: The Peril of a Too-Early Presidential Campaign

NewsTaco November 13, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You have to be careful these days, going from headline to calendar and back. Looking at one, then the other, over and over, you could get […]

First U.S. Spanish Language TV Station, Demolished

NewsTaco November 7, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I earned my chops in that building. The structure had been around for two decades before I settled in, towards the back, in the newsroom just […]

Goths: Latinos on the Dark Side

NewsTaco November 4, 2013

By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Goth culture. Is it in? Is it out? Do they even care? Hear the stories of three Latinos who found a sense of community in […]

Smithsonian American Art Museum showing works by U.S. Hispanic artists

NewsTaco October 25, 2013

By Associated Press/Santa Fe New Mexican WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian American Art Museum is showing works by 72 U.S. Hispanic artists — including some with ties to New Mexico — […]

8 students receive Carlos Guerra Scholarships

NewsTaco October 24, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Eight students from the Art, Communications and Theatre Department of Texas A&M at Kingsville were chosen this month as recipients of the Carlos Guerra Scholarship. This is […]

We’ve seen the Latino leader. The Latino leader is us.

NewsTaco October 23, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco “Is it important for the U.S. Latino community to have a national leader advancing the concerns of Latinos?” Three out of four people who were asked […]

I’m not bilingual, but I’m still Mexican

NewsTaco October 16, 2013

By Veronica Rios, Latina Voices As a fourth generation American to a Mexican family from Guadalajara, I guess I never really knew too much about my heritage. When I hit […]