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NewsTaco May 18, 2012

Friday May 18, 2012 Could Immigration Decide The Election? (The New Yorker): Hispanic voters were key to Barack Obama’s win in 2008. But that was when he was telling them that […]

UPDATE: Carlos Fuentes Has Died

Mary Mata May 17, 2012

Fuentes On Immigration: Where Are Your Workers Coming From?

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Celebration Of The Matriarch Through Gluttony

Mary Mata May 16, 2012

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco I am reminded that Mother’s Day (the real one) was celebrated on Thursday the 10th. This holiday was a particularly hard one to celebrate in our […]

Vote To Get Celia Cruz’s Portrait In the Smithsonian

Mary Mata May 15, 2012

By Renée Saldaña, NewsTaco The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has teamed up with photographic artist Robert Weingarten to have one noteworthy historical figure’s portrait uniquely immortalized in the museum. […]

Walmart’s Bribery In Mexico = Arrogance

NewsTaco May 8, 2012

By Chris Tilley, Other Voices The New York Times recently dropped a bombshell about Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and biggest private U.S. employer. The Times revealed that in 2005, […]

Electronic Waste: U.S. Dumps Toxins In Developing Countries

Mary Mata

By Martha Avila, La Onda Verde I would dare say that each of us, at some time, has been the target of massive advertising that creates our “need” to consume […]