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Marlins Manager Suspended over Castro Comment

Mary Mata April 11, 2012

By Dustin Mendus The manager of the Miami Marlins Baseball team was suspended for five games after making an offensive comment regarding Fidel Castro in an interview with Time Magazine. Ozzie […]

Don’t Mess With My Hair

Mary Mata April 10, 2012

Benedetti: The Well Loved Poet The U.S. Should Come to Know

Mary Mata

What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?

NewsTaco

For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]

Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?

NewsTaco April 9, 2012

By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]

Bien Hecho: First Latina General In Calif. National Guard

Mary Mata April 7, 2012

The California National Guard made history this week, when it promoted Col. Sylvia Crockett to the rank of brigadier general. Gen. Crockett is the first Latina to obtain this rank in the state’s National […]

Carne Asada, A Weekend Tradition

Mary Mata

Growing up in Los Angeles and spending the past decade in Texas, I had no escape from the tradition of the weekend carne asada. Although seemingly these weekly gatherings look […]