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The American Stories That Cannot Be Untold

NewsTaco December 10, 2014

*I’ve read several stories, online and not, that try to establish a link between the Latino community and the concerns over the no-indictment of police involved in the deaths of […]

Hardship on Mexico’s farms, a bounty for U.S. tables

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Latino roots fuel Pope Francis’ radical quest to reform Catholic Church, biographer says

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Obama Uses Nashville Backdrop to Make Appeal on Immigration

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*An estimated 40,000 undocumented immigrants in Tennessee are eligible to stay in the U.S. under Obama’s executive action. VL By Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg News President Barack Obama tried today […]

Meet Pancho Claus, Santa Of The Borderland Barrios

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*I love a good Pancho Claus story. … only in the borderlands. VL By Andrea Gompf, Remezcla In 1956, Lalo Guerrero – otherwise known as “the father of Chicano music” […]

“Latino Urbanism” influences a Los Angeles in flux

NewsTaco December 9, 2014

*Fascinating look at how Latino culture is leaving a mark on public spaces. We tend to overlook architecture as something that can be influenced by culture; it was just a […]

Will GOP-led Congress Debate Minimum Wage in Light of Demographic Changes?

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*From the article: Latinos “are more likely than both whites and blacks to earn poverty-level wages. In 2011, 43.3 percent of Latinos were employed in jobs earning poverty level wages.” […]