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Is The Texas Legislature Self-Destructive?

Mary Mata April 18, 2011

By Henry Flores, Ph.D. You know I generally just study elections, concluding something about the electorate, how the campaign was run, why voters voted the way they did, the relation […]

News Taco To Go: World’s Oldest Man Dies, Budget, Food And More

Mary Mata April 15, 2011

8 States Try to Keep Immigration Laws Alive

NewsTaco April 14, 2011

Detailed List of the Effects of the Federal Budget Cuts on Latinos

NewsTaco

Wendy Carrillo and the good folks at Voto Latino have put together a comprehensive list of the impact that the biggest budget cuts in history will have on the Latino community. Political […]

Discrimination Against Gay Immigrants

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Imagine. if you can, discrimination inside an immigration detention facility. That would be like a swift kick at a slap festival. But that’s exactly what’s been happening at several immigration […]

News Taco To Go: Pirates, Kobe Bryant, Unemployment And More

Mary Mata

Unemployment claims rose again this week, to 412,000, hinting that perhaps the economy isn’t doing as well as we’d hoped. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on […]

What If Congress Reflected The U.S. Population?

Mary Mata April 13, 2011

In an amazing graphic, Good Magazine shows us how deficient Congress is as a “representative” body for the United States. The graphic shows demographic data for the U.S. and compares […]