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When Gentrification Goes Wrong: Chicago Bakery’s Racist Snafu

Mary Mata February 28, 2012

By Jose Cruz, OurTiempo.com Last week In less than 48 hours a controversy erupted within the Humbolt Park community of Chicago. Local Bucktown bakery Tipsy Cake owner Naomi Levine’s insensitive comments […]

Bien Hecho: White House Honors Latino Housing Counselors

Mary Mata

LA Angels Owner Arte Moreno Revolutionized Baseball

Mary Mata February 27, 2012

Robert Rodriguez Launches New Channel On Comcast

Mary Mata

By Cindy Casares Comcast announced Wednesday it’s making good on its deal with the Federal Communication Commission to “launch 10 new independently owned cable channels, with most backed by African […]

CA Apology To Deported Mexican Americans 80 Years Too Late

NewsTaco February 23, 2012

There are many parallels between what’s happening today with regard to immigration in America, and what happened 80 years ago during the Great Depression. The obvious comparisons are the economic […]

CA’s José Hernández’s Congressional Platform: Jobs And Ed

Mary Mata February 22, 2012

San Diego, California — Migrant farmworker-turned-astronaut José Hernández is running for Congress as a Democrat in the 10th district of California on a very simple platform: “Jobs, jobs, jobs and […]

Protesters To Big Oil: Don’t Mess With Texas

Mary Mata February 21, 2012

By Rocky Kistner As Congressional Republicans and Big Oil allies in Washington try to resuscitate the massive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, people on the frontlines have opened a new campaign to stop the […]