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50% Latin American Businesses Go Social (Networks)

Mary Mata October 19, 2010

Just about half of businesses in Latin America use social media networks as part of their marketing strategies, according to the “2010 Latin America Social Media Study” by Burson-Marsteller. This […]

Sharon Angle to Latino Students: You Look Asian

Mary Mata October 18, 2010

Court to Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio: Stop it!

Mary Mata

Death of Pennsylvania Immigrant Ruled Hate Crime

Mary Mata

The 2008 death of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez was ruled a hate crime this week.  The two defendants, Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak, found them guilty of violating the Fair […]

NewsTaco Week in Review: Machos, Telenovelas, Militares y la Política

Mary Mata October 16, 2010

Time to round up this week’s NewsTaco news…. It was the most racist of times when we saw how low some Republican lawmakers were willing to go with their scary […]

Foundation head calls on Corporate America to quit sponsoring hate speech

Mary Mata

It was popular revulsion that took immigrant-basher and über hypocrite Lou Dobbs off national TV. It is time to do it again. It is time to force corporate America to […]

Rick Sanchez’s Firing Wasn’t Fair

Mary Mata October 15, 2010

The Nation had an interesting piece about the Rick Sanchez firing from CNN recently.  Essentially what Leslie Savan says is that there are other factors at play, that Sanchez’s actions […]