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Can Rubio Bridge the Latino-GOP Divide?

NewsTaco October 26, 2015

*Studied polls show Rubio is, in fact, the best opportunity that the GOP has to bridge their gap with Latino voters. But it’s a very slim opportunity, at best. VL […]

Mexican-American writer, Jennifer Clement, elected first woman president to lead PEN International

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The term ‘Asian’ may be overly broad but California is stuck with it

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Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween

NewsTaco October 23, 2015

*I know you know this. I’m posting it so that you can share it with your misinformed friends and family. It’s not “Mexican Halloween.” VL By Daniel Cubias, Huffingon Post […]

America’s Immigration Battle By the Numbers

NewsTaco October 22, 2015

*Numbers tell stories. This is a good compilation of the numbers, amounts and percentages pertinent to immigration in the U.S. You can trace all arguments about immigration to these figures, […]

How immigration enforcement tempts cops into racial profiling

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*Undocumented day laborers are arrested, their information forwarded to immigration authorities, and deported for things for which most of us would not be detained – loitering (at day labor gathering […]

Eleuterio Cruz – RIP

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*This is a wonderful lunchtime read. Sam Quiñones tells us about a small group of village men who carved a 5 mile road from a mountainside in Mexico, volunteering the […]