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Texas GOP Redistricting Plan: Biased, Prejudiced, Bigoted

Mary Mata June 20, 2011

News Taco interviewed Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and San Antonio-area Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, who spoke to us about the prejudicial undertones of the Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan in […]

Texans Protest For-Profit Prisons On World Refugee Day

Mary Mata

John McCain: Arizona Wildfires Caused By Immigrants

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How Has 40 Years Of The Drug War Affected Latinos?

Mary Mata June 17, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This column is written by Lalo Alcaraz, a cartoonist, artist and creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha.”] It’s been 40 years […]

Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Anthony Weiner

Mary Mata

U.S .Representative Anthony Weiner (D- NY) has had a hard few weeks. So much so, that he just recently has been driven to the point of requesting a leave of […]

The Daily Show’s Take On Obama’s Latino Strategy

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Last night “The Daily Show’s” Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal gave an interesting summary of President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Puerto Rico, which we wrote about here. Madrigal covered […]

The Two Marco Rubios On Immigration

Mary Mata

By Mario Solis-Marich Latino voters now know that they have arrived. The nation’s largest minority block of voters is now seen as worthy of tokenism. Proof is in the person […]