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Where’s All The Color In Silicon Valley, Tech?

Mary Mata February 11, 2011

In an absolutely brilliant post titled “Startup America Should Look Like America” by Kalimah Priforce the brazen lack of anyone of color in Silicon Valley and tech startups is throughly […]

NewsTaco To Go: Mortgages, Airplanes, Egypt, GOP And Budget Cuts

Mary Mata

David And Goliath On The Border: Small Town vs. Big Coal

Mary Mata February 9, 2011

Shock & Awe

Mary Mata

How Texas conservatives are manipulating a budget crisis of their own creation. by Forrest Wilder from The Texas Observer What’s Kerr so excited about? Oh, just Texas’ little old $27-billion […]

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 […]

Latinos: From Field Hands to Farm Owners

NewsTaco February 7, 2011

It only makes sense, if you give a traditionally agricultural community in its origins an opportunity to expand its entrepreneurial energy. And it flies in the face of all the […]

NewsTaco To Go: Super Bowl, Jobs, Layoffs, E.Coli And Babies

Mary Mata

The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, beating the Pittsburg Steelers 31-25. President Barack Obama is trying to increase job growth and help mend the economy by reaching out […]