U.S. Latino construction, agriculture and dairy workforce 7/17/17

U.S. Latino construction, agriculture and dairy workforce 7/17/17

Victor Landa July 17, 2017

I’ve been searching for statistics that paint a picture of the labor and economic loss across the U.S. economy caused by President Trump’s immigration plans, bluster, threats . . . There are […]

Illinois Latino Vote 7/10/17

Victor Landa July 16, 2017

City Lab is asking what Latinos in Chicago are doing to get voters energized. I’ll take a line from business jargon and call it “best practices.” City Lab says “The lessons […]

Latino Wellbeing – financial optimism 7/11/17

Victor Landa

Florida Atlantic University has a rolling poll where the attitudes of U.S. Latinos are measured on a regular basis vis-à-vis the economy and their general wellbeing. There’s been a trend of optimism among […]

Latino Optimsm – workplace satisfaction 7/12/17

Victor Landa

A recent study about U.S. Latino optimism found that Latinos feel pretty good about their present and future financial situation. These numbers add to that idea. Not only are Latinos […]

Latinas in Science 7/13/17

Victor Landa

This is disturbing. It’s from an article in Mashable titled “Unprecedented study reveals widespread bias in space science, and it’s particularly terrible for women of color”: “For years, women in astronomy and planetary […]

Latino Graduation Rate 7/14/17

Victor Landa

We’ve got another good news-bad news situation to report, this one is about education. It comes to light in an update on the nation’s high school graduation rate and how […]

Texas High Schoolers Rise Against Anti-Immigrant SB 4 Law

Victor Landa July 15, 2017

By Viri Sanchez and Karla Quinones  (2.5 minute read) Four months ago, on February 16, thousands of high school students across Texas joined in a collective effort to stand up […]

Why term ‘la raza’ has complicated roots in US

Victor Landa July 13, 2017

*Maybe NCLR changed its name becasue it was too hard to explain outside the Mexican-American community. They could have used this article years ago. VL By Russell Contreras, The Associated […]

Latino Republican congressman calls on Trump to keep his kids out of White House

Victor Landa

*Well, there’s a good idea. VL By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune (3 minute read)   WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, a Bryan Republican, called on President Trump to eject […]

The moment Florida cops pull over an Afro-Latina and find she’s the State Attorney

Victor Landa

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Patrol cops in  Orlando, Florida, stopped a white sedan recently becasue they ran the tags and didn’t get a return, plus, the tint on the windows […]