Latinos should support Garland nomination

Latinos should support Garland nomination

NewsTaco March 22, 2016

*This is the perspective that’s been missing, a link between the Garland nomination and the Latino community. It comes down to specific cases pending at the Supreme Court: Fisher v […]

Cuban Refugees Flocking to Texas Border

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*President Obama spoke of improved relations between Cuba and the U.S. But for many Cubans improved relations means an end to the Cuban Adjustmant Act (CAA) that gives anyone who […]

Your Tuesday morning brief

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Paleoclimatologist Marina Suarez studies rocks for evidence of how carbon influences climate. TUESDAY, March 22, 2016 Good morning Taquista! We awaken this morning with troubling news from Belgium. Two suspected […]

Three narratives to avoid in conversations about unauthorized immigration

NewsTaco March 21, 2016

*This was written for journalists, but it’s pertinent to everyone who engages in conversations about immigration. If we’re to change the Latino narrative the first effort should be to change […]

Breakfast Tacos: Potato and Egg

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*San Antonio is the capital of the breakfast taco, not Austin (if you’re not from central Texas you won’t get the reference, it’s a pride thing …). Be that as […]

American tourists want to see a Cuba that Cubans would rather leave behind

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*Isn’t this what we come against, tourists who want to see their narrative of who we are? They’re not invested in our community, know little about us, and choose to […]

What Arne Duncan misunderstands about disconnected young men of color

NewsTaco March 18, 2016

*Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Chicago recently, explaining his idea for a program to help disconnected young men of color. That’s good, says Chicago public school teacher Ray Salazar, […]

Requiem for a Heavyweight

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By Tomas Ricardo, Friend of NewsTaco I was a fan of Bernie until he started drawing crazy crowds and raising even crazier money. I was most appreciative, on his election […]

This is Why Mexicans Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

NewsTaco March 17, 2016

*In case you were wondering. I like this story because it goes beyond the same-old “San Patricios” stories we read every year in Mid-March. This one explains how and why […]

Beware the Outsider – Donald Trump in a Latin American mold

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*Mainstream U.S. voters have no experience with outsider dictator thugs, none whatsoever.  It’s easy for them to be seduced by the strongman with no ties to the prevailing political structure […]