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Citizenship And Latino Voting Eligibility

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a re-post written by Angelo Falcón with the National Institute for Latino Policy.] After factoring in voting age and citizenship status, in 2009 only 41 […]

Is “Newt’s World” Selling Snake Oil?

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NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP

Mary Mata

Texas Census Report = Horse Trading Begins

NewsTaco February 17, 2011

Today it’s Texas’ turn. The release of the Census numbers for the state of Texas are expected this afternoon but it’s really an exercise of formality. We know the outcome, […]

NewsTaco To Go: Cure For Baldness, Middle East, Immigration, Babies And Gays

Mary Mata

Scientists may have accidentally discovered the cure for baldness, at least baldness due to stress. The researchers were studying stress-related stomach problems by injecting mice with a stress-blocking compound, which had the […]

The Queen of King Street

Mary Mata February 16, 2011

What do Catherine Engelbrecht and her notorious Houston “patriots” really want? by Paul Knight from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. On opening day of the 82nd […]

Latino Diaspora Merits Reporting

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I’m not sure if anybody out in the Inter-webs is reporting on the US Latino diaspora as such – a diaspora. I find it fascinating. For reasons having to do […]