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Austin Landlords Demolish Piñata Store for SXSW, Call Mexican Tenants ‘Roaches’

NewsTaco March 17, 2015

*So much about Austin, gentrification and the unprecedented growth of SXSW in this piece. Everything about Austin and Southby had a patina of cool, but locals, especially Latino Austinites, knew […]

Black and Latino working families are twice as likely as others to be low-income

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Schools after the surge: How they’ve dealt with 2014’s flood of undocumented minors

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The Economist’s Stars-and-Chiles cover, Why We Set It Straight

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The problem with working to gain attention is that you might be successful. It wasn’t too long ago that U.S. Latinos were ignored. We were disparate […]

Cruz Heavy on Border Rhetoric, Light on Trips

NewsTaco March 16, 2015

*It’s a political hot spot in his home state, and an issue at the top of the national agenda, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has issued pletny of harsh rhetoric about […]

Losing licenses in New Mexico

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By Tom Trowbridge, Latino USA New Mexico was one of the first states in the country to allow undocumented immigrants to get a driver’s license. Now, Republican Governor Susana Martinez wants […]

Why Chicago Mayoral Candidate Chuy Garcia Has an Uphill Problem

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s important that within a month a Latino candidate could become the Mayor of the nation’s third largest city. That he’ll win or not is the center […]