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Despite furor beforehand, BBQ joint’s ‘White Appreciation Day’ goes off without a hitch

NewsTaco June 15, 2015

*”It was fantastic, we quadrupled our sales from what we do on a normal day.” – Direct quote from Edgar Antillon, Latino owner of  Rubbin’ Buttz BBQ and Country Café […]

California Farmworker: Picking Peas Should Bring a Better Life

NewsTaco June 8, 2015

Economy added 280,000 jobs in May, Latino unemployment at 6.7 percent

NewsTaco June 5, 2015

Thousands of Farmworkers in California Can’t Make a Living

NewsTaco June 3, 2015

*”In northern San Diego County, many strawberry pickers sleep out of doors on hillsides and in ravines.” This is beyond reprehensible. VL By David Bacon, New America Media NAM editor’s note: […]

Latinos, African-Americans in retail jobs paid less and promoted less frequently than whites

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*[tweet_dis]A study by DEMOS and the NAACP found that Latino retail workers are paid 75 percent of what their white counterparts earn.[/tweet_dis] VL By Associated Press/Fox News Latino WASHINGTON (AP) […]

Big Gap In Latino Home Ownership: New Study

NewsTaco May 29, 2015

*The salient statistic in this report is that 4 million Latinos say they want to own a home, but only 1.4 millon can afford one. VL By Maria Eugenia Alcón, […]

Immigrants, Latinos Helped Drive Business Creation Last Year

NewsTaco May 28, 2015

*More evidence of how Latinos are transforming the U.S. Immigrant entrepreneurs launched 28.5 percent of new businesses in 2014. VL By Ruth Simon, The Wall Street Journal Immigrants and Latinos […]