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Resegregation of Schools a Disheartening Trend

NewsTaco December 27, 2010

TheProgressive.org posted an excellent piece about the steady creep towards the re-segregation of public schools. The editorial, written by Fred McKissack, makes a point of stating that desegregation in our […]

Latinas Are Economic Engine of Arizona

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Sheriff Arpaio Stand’s Down His Dragnets, but…

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Latino Tries To Get Elected In Compton

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

The Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting story this week about a Latino who’s been trying like heck to get himself elected to pubic office in Compton, an area that […]

Latino Voters And New Congressional Seats

Mary Mata

Some really interesting articles coming out about how Latino population growth and voter growth have affected the way House of Representative seats are being apportioned, how the district lines will […]

Arizona Population Down: Economy vs Immigration

NewsTaco December 22, 2010

If there’s any place where the Census and immigration would cross paths and clash it would be Arizona. And it’s taken exactly one day for folks in that state to […]

Obama Meets With Hispanic Caucus, Talks Immigration

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There’s bad news in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform front (not that we didn’t see it coming). President Obama met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus yesterday. The bostonherald.com reports: […]