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Playwright’s “Ghosts” Reflect a Spirit of Santa Ana

NewsTaco July 2, 2014

*This is wonderful. We could fill so many pages and so many stages with the stories we remember. VL By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times  In Jose Cruz Gonzalez’s mind, […]

‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz

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Immigrant Advocates Call on Obama to Be Brave and Swift

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Hispandering Is Not a Dirty Word

NewsTaco June 27, 2014

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We’ve come a long way from the days when politicians remembered the Latino community only around election time. In deep South Texas they threw parties on […]

A New World Of Expression: Latino Identity Through Music

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By Felix Contreras, alt.latino It can get so busy at Alt.Latino that we hardly have a chance to put down our earbuds and notice the little things in life — like our […]

Latinos want to see more of their own in office after November midterms

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*Good article, lay’s out the political work to be done: elect more Latinas, elect more Latinos in non-Latino majority districts, and persuade young Latinos to go to the polls on […]

Infographic: GOP has a lot to win or lose on immigration reform

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*The “x’s” and “o’s” of immigration reform can be difficult to follow. Public opinion, swing districts, they play into speculation of likely or unlikely outcomes. This is a good graphic […]