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Thinking of César Chávez and a Changing Climate

NewsTaco August 5, 2015

*Climate change and the environment may sound like new struggles, new causas, but they’re as ingrained as Cesar Chavez’s organizing ideas. VL By Jose Gonzalez, Green Chicano “It’s amazing how […]

The world isn’t paying enough attention to Latin America’s child-bride problem

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5 Reasons Latinos Could Be The Most Powerful Transformation Of The U.S. Health System

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Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Police Brutality in the Latino Community?

NewsTaco August 4, 2015

*From the article, third paragraph: “Part of the reason cases involving Latinos don’t receive the same attention … is because Latinos are never truly seen as Americans but always as foreigners.” […]

5 Questions: Latina Climate Scientist On Carbon Emissions Rule

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*The environment, superficially the president’s new rules on coal-fired power plant emissions, is vital to Latino health because we’re more vulnerable than others. VL By NBC News Now that President Barack […]

Twitter Suspends Bot Account That Calls People Out For Tweeting ‘Illegal Immigrant’

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*Anytime someone Tweeted the words “illegal alien” the bot would Tweet a reply calling them out on their choice of language. It worked for several days, until Twitter suspended the […]

Latina professor becomes 2015 Texas State Poet Laureate

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*Texas’ new poet laureate ia as associae professor of Bicultural-Bilingual studies at UTSA. She’s published more than 20 books of leterature and poetry. VL By Brayden Boren, The Paisano Accomplished […]