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Maria Carrillo High School students defend skit’s controversial depiction of Latinos

NewsTaco March 20, 2015

*This relates directly to the brouhaha over the recent Economist “stars-and-chiles” cover. It also points to the various college fraternity partys that have made headlines becasue of their discriminatory nature […]

Spanish archaeologists believe they have uncovered Miguel Cervantes’ bones

NewsTaco March 18, 2015

How Mexico Learned To Polka

NewsTaco March 11, 2015

In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation

NewsTaco March 9, 2015

By Eduardo Diaz, Director – Smithsonian Latino Center Magdaleno (Leno) Díaz passed way on February 10, 2015, at the age of 95. His passing gave me pause to contemplate the […]

Spic-O-Rama: Where ‘Spic’ Comes From, And Where It’s Going

NewsTaco March 4, 2015

*What I like about this is how young generations have taken a word that in the past was flung with a hate filled jagged edge, and smoothed it over with […]

NYFW Fall 2015: Our Hunt for the Huichol New Balances Continues

NewsTaco February 26, 2015

*Many of you asked where these Huichol inspired New Balances were sold when pictures first surfaced months ago. I didn’t know then, and no one knows still. But I get […]

Why the Heck Do Latino Reporters on Public Radio Say Their Names That Way?

NewsTaco February 17, 2015

*Loved this piece! Just yesterday I was asked my name and I said it in Spanish.  The non-Spanish speaker didn’t understand, so I repeated in English. He said, “oh you […]