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NewsTaco To Go: Budget, Loans, Energy Drinks, Pills and Heart Disease

Mary Mata February 14, 2011

Top story this morning is that President Barack Obama released a budget, meanwhile Latinos have a hard time accessing loans, there’s bad news about energy drinks, heart disease ravages Latinas […]

NewsTaco To Go: Mortgages, Airplanes, Egypt, GOP And Budget Cuts

Mary Mata February 11, 2011

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz Spoofs Egypt’s Mubarak

Mary Mata February 10, 2011

Similarities: Egyptian Protests And Puerto Rican Protests

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Pa’lante Latino and was written by Christina T. Saenz] The world is watching as the Egyptian people reclaim their government. They are demanding […]

First Latina Governor to Face her First Mass Protest

NewsTaco

When Susana Martinez was elected Governor of New Mexico some Latinos and many Democrats slammed a metaphoric dammit-fist on their desk. They were undercut by those sneaky Republicans. Martinez is […]

David And Goliath On The Border: Small Town vs. Big Coal

Mary Mata February 9, 2011

For the people of Eagle Pass, Texas, a small border town of about 27,000, trying to preserve their health and way of life has proven to be difficult. Especially because […]

South Carolina Politico: Blacks, Whites Don’t Work Like Latinos

Mary Mata

Not sure if this is a back-handed comment, just plain racist or simply an honest opinion. South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford, D-Charleston, said that Latino immigrants were necessary because […]