Latinos Spent $5 Billion On Mobile Devices During The Holidays

Latinos Spent $5 Billion On Mobile Devices During The Holidays

NewsTaco January 5, 2012

If you’re Latino and you’re reading this on your fancy-shmancy new iPad, you’re not alone. A survey of Latino holiday spending estimates that Latinos may have spent up to $5 […]

Deported Quadriplegic Immigrant Dies In Mexico Hospital

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Here’s a sad update to a story we brought you in February of 2011. Quelino Ojeda Jimenez, an undocumented worker from Mexico who had suffered a life-altering injury that left […]

How GOP Ignored Latino Voters In Iowa In Today’s Politics Headlines

NewsTaco January 4, 2012

In Iowa, Hispanics ‘Used Like a Punching Bag’: The Hispanic businesses lining Second Street are a testament to the immigrant presence in Perry, Iowa, one of the most diverse cities […]

MALC Attorney Jose Garza To Argue Redistricting Before Supreme Court

NewsTaco January 3, 2012

Mexican American Legislative Caucus Attorney Jose Garza has been tapped to present plaintiff redistricting arguments before the U. S. Supreme Court. Garza, who forms part of a legal team that […]

An Iowa Caucus Latino Primer

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Ten states in the nation hold primary caucuses, another 3 are split – one party holds a primary election while the other party holds caucuses. Iowa is just the first […]

What Does Ron Paul Know About Latinos? In Today’s Politics Headlines

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Were voter ID, anti-immigration laws worth it?: Republican legislators in South Carolina say they have no regrets over the years they spent writing laws to kick illegal immigrants out of the […]

This New Year Propose, Don’t Resolve

NewsTaco December 31, 2011

In Spanish we don’t make New Year’s resolutions, we make propositions, and that just seems like a much healthier way to go about it. There’s no such thing as a […]

Immigrants Contribute Billions Into Social Security, Medicare

NewsTaco December 29, 2011

I didn’t know, until today, that there’s such a thing as an earnings suspense file. It’s a running count that the Social Security Administration keeps of the wages that don’t […]

A Look At Latinos In 2011 In Today’s Political Headlines

NewsTaco December 27, 2011

Bad news associated with Latinos frequent in 2011:  The most memorable headlines concerning Latinos fell under the “made us look bad” category. As in I saw a negative news story […]

DOJ Finds Latinos Targeted For Sub-Prime Loans

NewsTaco December 26, 2011

This is one of those stories that gets lost in the holiday shuffle;  it made a few headline waves in specific industry websites right before Christmas Eve. But the story […]