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Immigrants Keep an Iowa Meatpacking Town Alive and Growing

NewsTaco June 7, 2017

*The irony of this story is that the town that’s highlighted, Storm Lake, is in staunch anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King’s district. It’s where he was born.  VL NewsTaco MONEY WEDNESDAY […]

A Proposed New Tax, Mainly On Latinos, To Pay For Trump’s Border Wall

NewsTaco May 31, 2017

Home builders can’t find enough workers

NewsTaco May 22, 2017

Trump administration sends NAFTA renegotiation letter to Congress

NewsTaco May 18, 2017

The interesting thing about this has nothing to do with international trade or U.S. relations with Mexico. It’s that even though Trump said he was willing to renegotiate NAFTA, now […]

Puerto Rico Declares a Form of Bankruptcy

NewsTaco May 3, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because the unfolding story in Puerto Rico hasn’t gotten the press time or space it deserves – NewsTaco included. We’re going to change that. VL […]

Lawmakers Seek Stronger Monitoring of Racial Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums

NewsTaco April 28, 2017

*Do you pay more for insurance because you live in a barrio?  Latino and Black congressmen are pushing for an investigation. VL By Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica (6 minute read)   Six […]

Unemployment rates drop for Latinos

NewsTaco April 10, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read)    The Bureau of Labor statistics released its March unemployment numbers and the overall jobs situation isn’t looking good. Wall Street Economists had predicted […]