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Bashing Trump not enough for Democrats to win Latino vote, advocates warn

NewsTaco May 31, 2016

*This article warns against Democratic Party complacency with Latino voters, as if it were a new thing. The problem is that Latinos have historically been an afterthought and the anti-Trump […]

On Memorial Day, Latino Veterans Honor Fallen Friends, Family

NewsTaco May 30, 2016

Why the Mexico-U.S. economic relationship is so vital

NewsTaco May 27, 2016

This is the Nahuatl Word That Had a Spelling Bee Champ Tripping

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*I think I may have been able to spell it, under pressure. Not when I was 13 years old though. VL By Yra Simón, Remezcla At the 2016 Scripps National […]

NewsTaco Podcast, Episode 9: Film Maker Carlos Sandoval, A Class Apart

NewsTaco May 26, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Documentary film maker Carlos Sandoval has a knack for doing deep-dives into issues and events that frame the U.S. Latino experience. He was in San Antonio […]

Why Hollywood Can’t Put Real-Life Mexicans on TV

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*There’s a very good point in the second layer of this story, about how the use of the word “pocho” revealed a telling lack in decision-making Hollywood. The fact that […]

Anti-Trump protesters at Trump rally throw rocks, bottles at Albuquerque police

NewsTaco May 25, 2016

*I’m interested, do you think the images of mayhem and Mexican flags helps the Trump casue? VL By Kayla Epstein and Katie Mettler, Washington Post ALBUQUERQUE — What began as […]