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Latino Student Lack Of Civics Knowledge Is Major Concern

NewsTaco May 6, 2011

Whenever he’d see a bad situation turned worse by incompetence or lack of caring a friend from my days in TV production would mutter, looking down and shaking his head slowly: Asi nunca vamos a ganar […]

Why Choose Latino Over Hispanic?

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Tequila Party Launches To Promote Latino Votes In 2012

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

National Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Proposed for Washington, D.C.

NewsTaco

I haven’t read a truer statement in a long time: “The Mall, more than any other public space in our country does indeed tell the story of America, and yet […]

What Does Osama Bin Laden’s Death Mean For Latinos?

Mary Mata

By Henry Flores, Ph.D. To answer my own question: It means a lot of things and it also may have no meaning at all. Ha, you thought my question rhetorical? […]

Budget Cuts & The Loss Of The Latino American Dream

Mary Mata May 4, 2011

The gist of the budget cuts is this: ultimately, those cuts will weaken institutions that are critical to economic ascension just as Latinos coming out of our nation’s schools and […]

Arizona’s Joe Arpaio’s Office Filled With Racist Jokes

Mary Mata

And now for the surprise of the century: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office routinely and frequently circulated racist, anti-Latino jokes among employees via email. What’s more, Arpaio distributed letters […]