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VIDEO: David Montejano on the History of the Chicano Movement

NewsTaco February 23, 2011

We pick up where we left off. UC Berkeley Professor David Montejano sat with NewsTaco to chat about his new book “Quixote’s Soldier’s– A Local History of the Chicano Movement, […]

NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Earthquake, Unions, Rahm In Chicago And Yemen

Mary Mata

What’s LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Hiding In Rubén Salazar Case?

Mary Mata February 22, 2011

Wanted: A Latino In New Mexico’s U.S. Senate Seat

Mary Mata

Representative democracy sometimes isn’t, well, all that representative. The U.S. is set to become Latino-ized, in the sense that nearly 1 in 6 people here will be counted as Latinos […]

Brisenia Flores Update: Shawna Forde Gets Death Penalty

Mary Mata

The woman who organized the robbery that ultimately left 9 year-old Brisenia Flores dead has been sentenced to death by an Arizona jury. She had previously been found guilty, for […]

NewsTaco To Go: New Zealand Quake, Wisconsin, Census, Libya And Chicago

Mary Mata

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand Tuesday; the quake is centered around Christchurch and at least 65 people have died. Protestors in Libya have been killed and their bodies are […]

Wisconsin’s Struggle Important To Latino Workers, Unions

Mary Mata February 21, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Pa’lante Latino and was written by Victoria Cepeda] It was 1966 when Mexican-American civil rights activist Jesús Salas et. al. founded “Obreros Unidos”, an independent […]