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Book club helps immigrant mothers find joy in reading and support their kids’ education

NewsTaco March 7, 2016

*What I like about this story is the narrative-changing, uplifting, feel good side. It flies in the face of everything mainstream America believes about Latinos and Latino immigrants. This is […]

Chicano journalist-activist Olvera dies at 71

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Mixed Marriages Causing US Hispanics, Asians to Integrate Faster

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NewsTaco Podcast Network, Episode 3: Latinos and the presidential election

NewsTaco March 4, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I catch up with Pilar Marrero, Senior Political writer for La Opinion in Los Angeles. She had an idea that we should try doing regular political […]

Good news for February Latino employment

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) Good news for the economy overall, and some good news for the U.S. Latino economy specifically. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released February […]

Latino man denied burial at “whites only” cemetery in Texas

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*Of course, Texas. I thought the era of this kind of nonsense was gone. There are still a few cemeteries in Texas with fences across them to separate whites from […]

Here’s a Short List of 5 Potential Latino Supreme Court Nominees

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*This is well and good, but I wonder how many of the names on this list are also in that binder that President Obama has that’s filled with names of […]