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Latino Students Are Not The Children Of Sanchez

NewsTaco June 30, 2011

Latino students from kindergarten through high school are, on average, two years behind their white peers. That much is proven fact. But it’s not the most distressing news. The unacceptable […]

News Taco To Go: Racism, Valedictorians, Voters & New Mexico

Mary Mata

To Mobilize 12 Million Latinos, Register 15 Million

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

New Mexico Senate Candidate Hector Balderas Sees Change

Mary Mata

Democratic senate candidate from New Mexico Hector Balderas will tell you one thing flat out: it’s not because he’s Latino. Balderas, his home state’s former state auditor, is confident that […]

Anti-Immigrant Bill Fails In Texas

NewsTaco

You’d need a diagram to figure out exactly how it happened, but suffice it to say that the state senators in Texas gathered their marbles and went home. And just […]

News Taco To Go: Military, Arkansas, Veterans & Ay!

Mary Mata

Latina Army Wife Quits Job To Be With Husband On Leave Arkansas Could Get A Latino State District Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans The Top 5 Instances Of […]

Arkansas Could Get A Latino State District

NewsTaco June 28, 2011

Word is that the Arkansas state legislature will have it’s first Latino-majority district in time for the next legislative session. That’s right, Arkansas, catty-corner to Texas, stuffed between Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana: where […]