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Needed: More Latino State Supreme Court Justices

NewsTaco April 20, 2011

Here’s a important statistic to keep in mind: only 3 percent of the state supreme court justices in the country are Latino. Each of the fifty states has a supreme court, for a total […]

News Taco To Go: Immigration, Texas Fires, Cuba, Budget And Oil

Mary Mata

Why Florida Is Really Going After “Illegals”

Mary Mata April 19, 2011

Why Texas Redistricting Matters

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There’s a huge battle looming at the State House in Austin and the outcome will have an effect on how Latinos across the country gauge and plan their political futures. […]

Boehner Turns His Back On Capitol 5 De Mayo

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At best he punted, at worst he miscalculated. Every year since 2003, when Republican Dennis Hastert was Speaker of the House, there’s been a Cinco de Mayo celebration on the […]

Dispatch From the DF: What Mexicans think of the US

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by Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez I hope most people who have a sibling will understand me on this one. There is a new study released by the Pew Research Center’s […]

Report: the Undocumented pay Billions in Taxes

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So lets put another myth to rest, the one that says that undocumented workers don’t pay taxes. First of all, lets agree that we understand the superficial error in the […]