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No Official Record of “Hispanics” in Vietnam War

NewsTaco March 10, 2011

I came across this in one of those “today in history” posts. I didn’t know this, so I imagine that other people would have no reason to know it either. […]

News Taco To Go: Muslims, Earthquakes, Libya, Union Busting And Child Abuse

Mary Mata

What People Of Color Have At Stake In Wisconsin

Mary Mata March 9, 2011

Latino Children are Now the Majority in California

NewsTaco

The Census numbers are out for California and there’re two big stories to talk about; first, that Latino children are now the majority in California, and second, that as Latinos […]

VIDEO: New Hampshire Bill Would Restrict College Students’ Vote

NewsTaco

After we posted a story about a bill in the New Hampshire legislature that would restrict the voting rights of college students on the grounds that “they lack life experience […]

Can You Imagine a Latino President of the US?

Mary Mata

[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. I recently mentioned […]

News Taco To Go: Dead Kids, NPR, Libya, Ché And Juárez Violence

Mary Mata

Seven children aged 7 months to 11 were killed in a barn fire in a Mennonite community in Pennsylvania. A former NPR executive was taped by the same guy who […]