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Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]

City Bans Smoking Paraphernalia, Opens Door For Latino Harassment

Mary Mata March 24, 2011

News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Airplanes, Divorce, Postal Service and Asian Radiation

Mary Mata

Tall Tales And Male Bonding In East LA

Mary Mata March 23, 2011

Back in the G0od Ol’ Bad Days, my family was part of the working poor caught inside the vortex of the Reagan Revolution. My father worked as a railroad laborer […]

Checa LA Movie: A Decade Later, “Scream 4”

Mary Mata

Para los seguidores de la saga “Scream”.. y los amantes del género de terror adolescente (bueno ya no tan adolescente), les cuento que después de una década regresa “Scream” en […]

Lakers Host Noche Latina, Beat Suns

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: This post was written by LA-based writer Robert Lopez.] The NBA hosted yet another successful Noche Latina last night. Latinos filled the Staples Center to capacity as the […]

The Top Latino Condiments

Mary Mata March 22, 2011

Hey everybody, this week we wanted to highlight some of the yummy condiments out there for Latino cuisine, I am not the fanciest person in the world, so if I […]