How Mexican immigration helped make America great
How Mexican immigration helped make America great
*This piece was written for an Australian audience and does a very good job of explaining the causes and history of Mexican migration to the U.S. It’s a 10 minute […]
State Anti-Immigration Laws Discourage All Latinos from Moving In
*There’s a line in this story that’s central to the problem and the immigration debate in general. It’s in the fourth paragraph, it says “This is a loss of human capital,” […]
Silicon Valley subcontracting makes income inequality worse, report finds
*It’s not that there aren’t Latinos doing fantastic work in tech, it’s that Silicon Valley, try as it may to change, is still blind to communities of color. So the […]
The ‘monolithic Latino voting bloc’ myth is cracking
*There are indeed many of us trying to change the image and narrative of Latinos in the U.S. And yes, the message needs to be spread as much outside as […]
Important information for first generation college Latinos
SPONSORED CONTENT According to the U.S. Census there are 20.2 million students attending U.S. colleges and universities. Eight-point-seven of them are male. Seven million attend 2-year colleges and 13.2 million […]
the Latino daily – Your Thursday moring brief
THURSDAY, March 31, 2016 Good morning Taquistas! We’ve got some good news tucked inside bad news this morning. We’ll start there, uncomfortable as it may be in the morning. It […]
Getty Foundation to issue $8.5 million in grants for Latino and Latin American-themed shows across SoCal
*This is good news. Latin@ artists are transforming the art world and getting due recognition. It’s being called “an unprecedented series of exhibitions that will add to the scholarship of […]
Pro-immigrant rights Pilsen church vandalized twice
*It’s part guilt-by-association. You see, Lincoln United Methodist is the sister church to Adalberto United Methodist, and Adalberto United is in Humbolt Park, which before gentrification was a Puerto Rican […]
the Latino daily – Your Wednesday morning brief
WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2016 Good morning Taquistas! There’s a welcomed spring rain in South-Central Texas this morning. Let’s get the news going, and look for an umbrella. . . For […]
Long-awaited Congressional Gold Medal honoring Puerto Rican regiment to be unveiled
*This has been a long time coming. The 65th Infantry Regiment – known as the Boriqueneers – was disbanded 50 years ago, it served in two world wars and the […]
