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“Latino Urbanism” influences a Los Angeles in flux

NewsTaco December 9, 2014

*Fascinating look at how Latino culture is leaving a mark on public spaces. We tend to overlook architecture as something that can be influenced by culture; it was just a […]

Todo Se Olvida – Everything Gets Forgotten

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Alt.Latino’s Favorite Latin Music Of 2014

NewsTaco December 5, 2014

In the Texas borderlands, ‘a new vision of America is being born’

NewsTaco December 3, 2014

*This piece speaks to me. I’m a borderland brat, and there’s so much the borderland experience can teach us in these days of searching for identity. If you’re from the […]

Archive of Colombian literary great Gabriel García Márquez goes to Texas

NewsTaco November 26, 2014

*I’m intrigued by the creative process, and this, for me, is the mother load, Garcia Marquez’ letters, drafts corrected by hand … The price paid for the archive hasn’t been […]

“Role Tide” and Obama’s Executive Action

NewsTaco November 25, 2014

A smart look at the President’s executive action, U.S. labor history and the emergence of El Nuevo South. VL By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center Like many in this country, Priscilla […]

Author Isabel Allende, pioneering Latino Congressman Edward Roybal to receive Medal of Freedom

NewsTaco November 11, 2014

*The ceremony will be November 24, at the White House. VL By Fox News Latino Former Rep. Edward Roybal of California, who co-founded the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is among the […]