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Borderland Music: Songs From The U.S.-Mexico Frontera

NewsTaco April 18, 2014

*Happy Friday! By Jasmine Garsd, NPR/alt.latino In some ways, borders that divide countries are concrete and inescapable. The border between Mexico and the U.S. is very real for the thousands […]

It’s Time to Make The Epic Cesar Chavez Movie

NewsTaco April 4, 2014

César Chávez: An American Legend Remembered

Mary Mata April 2, 2014

Rosario Dawson wants a Dolores Huerta movie

NewsTaco March 31, 2014

*What do you think? A Dolores Huerta movie to complete the story of the United Farm Workers. By Associated Press/Washington Post NEW YORK — Playing renowned civil rights activist Dolores […]

14 Can’t-Miss Bands At Vive Latino

Mary Mata March 28, 2014

By Alt.Latino Beginning Thursday, March 27, Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd will visit Mexico City to check out bands playing Vive Latino, the biggest rock and alternative music festival in […]

The Chicago stories CNN’s Chicagoland ignored

Mary Mata

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Chicagoans know violence.  We see the mugshots on TV.  Tonight, in CNN’s original series Chicagoland episode 4 “Second Chances,” we saw Chicago leaders and celebrities trying to turn […]

Interview: Director Diego Luna & ‘Cesar Chavez’

NewsTaco

By Kiko Martinez, Gozamos Although it had taken the family of César Chávez a few long years to release the late civil rights leader’s story to a filmmaker they felt could […]