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Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy

NewsTaco February 21, 2011

There’s a lot to be said about the Latino can-do, si se puede spirit. Give us a chance, we’ll take it and make things happen. We know that, but it […]

NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Wisconsin, Civility, Gulf Oil Spill And Gas Prices

Mary Mata

NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

Lakers Key To NBA’s Latino Marketing Strategy

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

Latinos across the country — and even outside of it — love the Los Angeles Lakers. So much so, in fact, that the NBA’s Latino marketing strategy is centered around […]

Budget Cuts May Mean Less Latino College Grads

Mary Mata February 16, 2011

States across the country are slashing budgets left and right in an effort to deal with the recession, one unfortunate outcome may be less Latinos able to attend college. The […]

NewsTaco To Go: Books, Balding, Budget, The Border and PATRIOT Act

Mary Mata

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot in Mexico City; Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata was killed and the other is in a hospital recovering. Borders book store […]

UT Study: Inner-City Latino Children’s Needs are Different

NewsTaco February 15, 2011

You can put this in the trying-to-stop-a-fire-with-a-flamethrower file. The University of Texas at Austin, funded in large part by state funds, has released data of a study that argues that […]