Tucson USD To Un-ban Chicano Books
Tucson USD To Un-ban Chicano Books
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor A resolution to un-ban the Chicano literature books that had been previously banned by the Tucson Unified School District has been placed on the board’s […]
U.S. Senate Report Signals Shift In Drug War Strategy
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer In April, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations sent a team of staffers to Mexico City and Monterrey to assess the state of […]
Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday July 18, 2012 Latinos And The Online Campaign: Where Are They? (kpbs): It’s conventional wisdom that Latinos will play a key role in the November elections, especially in the West. Democrats and Republicans are […]
Open Letter To George Lopez
George, Pretty much every Latino in the U.S. has heard about you calling out Sheriff Arpaio by now. It was great TV. A great laugh. You went on HBO, did […]
Olympics Spotlight – Sarah Robles, Weightlifting
By NBC Latino Staff U.S. Olympic weightlifter, Sarah Robles, says she is ready to win the 2012 London games. Thanks to a sponsor gift, Joy Robles, Sarah’s mother, will travel along […]
Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday July 17, 2012 Group creates Web site spur Hispanics to vote (Fox News Latino): A group of professionals has launched a bilingual Web site that is aimed at spurring Hispanics […]
Our Unchallenged Students
By Esther J. Cepeda, Voxxi If you live in an affluent community with a high performing school district and are familiar with the pressure-cooker environment of endless test-prepping, extracurricular overload […]
Morning NewsTaco
Monday July 16, 2012 Poll: Florida voters favor President Barack Obama’s immigration policies (McClatchy/The Miami Herald): Florida voters, particularly in immigrant-rich pockets of South and Central Florida, overwhelmingly say they […]
Jazz De Mexico
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor It’s Friday so we’re serving up a sample of the best of world class Jazz from Mexico. Join San Antonio’s KRTU 91.7’s Jorge Canavati, recorded in the […]
Feliz Viernes – Barbacoa Blues!
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor I was inspired yesterday, by a conversation on the NewsTaco Facebook page. It had to do with what was and was not authentically Mexican or from […]