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Border Artist Inspired By Life, Death And Ganas

Mary Mata February 10, 2011

Gabriel Treviño was born in Brownsville, Texas and raised there and across the river, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. He’s a painter in his free time, an engineer during the day. I […]

People Of Mixed Race Confuse U.S. Racial Categories

Mary Mata

Similarities: Egyptian Protests And Puerto Rican Protests

Mary Mata

How Latinos Are Redefining America

NewsTaco

A correction I find myself making often, especially to those who don’t agree with my particular point of view, is that the term Latino does not refer to a race. […]

“Ch” and “Ll” Officially Stricken From Spanish?

NewsTaco February 9, 2011

It just doesn’t feel right. ¡Ingado, como se les ocurre! See what I mean. Apparently the Real Academia Española, the final and absolute arbiter of all things español, has made […]

NewsTaco To Go: Foreclosures, Toyota, PATRIOT Act, Roosters and Catholics

Mary Mata

There’s some heavy stuff in your NewsTaco To Go this morning — foreclosures are up, cockfighting and the PATRIOT Act — then there’s a Catholic app and relief that Toyota’s […]

Do You Have To Speak Spanish To Be A “Real” Latino?

Mary Mata February 8, 2011

You know it, and I know it, even though you may never have heard anyone say it out loud. You’re only a “real” Latino (substitute Chicano, Mexican, Salvadoran, Boricua, etc.) […]