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Memories Of My Hypochondriac Mexican Grandmother

Mary Mata May 4, 2011

I spent childhood summers in La Rivera, Jalisco in México – which were the only occasions I was able to spend time with my mama Josefina, my father’s mother. She […]

Meet the Middle Man: Former Mexican Cabinet Minister Steers Texas Republicans Into Future

Mary Mata May 2, 2011

Governor and Senator Rally in Support of Connecticut DREAMer

NewsTaco April 21, 2011

In MA “Show Me Your Papers” Should Include Gun License

NewsTaco April 18, 2011

Here’s a new twist on a couple of tired debates. A lawsuit has been filed in Massachusetts that would give legal residents the right to bear arms. It’s what happens in […]

First Latino Marathoner: Doroteo Flores

Mary Mata

by Efrain Nieves In 490 B.C. Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.  After […]

Mexicans are the Hardest Working People in the World

NewsTaco April 14, 2011

We’ve got a tongue-in-cheek economic indicator in South Texas. If you see white guys swinging picks and moving dirt with shovels on road crews, unemployment is high. It’s usually Latinos in phosphorescent vests doing the work in […]

Appeals Court Strikes Down Provisions of SB 1070

NewsTaco April 12, 2011

Strike two! A federal appeals court has upheld the decision of a federal judge that blocked provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law. According to the Los Angeles Times: The panel of the […]