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Is the Spanish language white? The immigration debate raises vexing issues about how people see race and language

Mary Mata July 15, 2013

By Gayle Rogers, Pittsburgh Post Gazette As the immigration reform bill hangs in the balance in Congress, it is worth considering the history — rather, the long histories — of […]

Empacho: What is this Latino folk illness about?

Mary Mata

California’s imminent Latino plurality: How will we know when it happens?

Mary Mata

Latino scientist leads the way at first wind farm in the nation

Mary Mata

By Alex Zielinski, NBCLatino Officials from Texas Tech, the Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Vestas and Group NIRE welcomed Tech’s newest wind energy facility on Tuesday. It’s called the Scaled […]

Latinos Carry On New York’s Stickball Tradition

Mary Mata

By Associated Press New York –  They run with a little less speed, hit with a little less power and worry less about shattering nearby windows, but a graying crew […]

Zimmerman case reaffirms what most people believe

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By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Another tragedy of the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case is that yesterday’s decision, which found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder, reaffirms what most people believe: […]

First Take: Immigration was key in Napolitano’s tenure

Mary Mata

By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY  WASHINGTON — When trying to size up the four-year tenure of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, look no further than a February hearing of […]