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A teaching moment on driving while brown

NewsTaco August 26, 2014

*An all too real and needed lesson for young Latinos: you will be considered a suspect. VL By Jessica O’Dwyer, Marin News Last Sunday evening, as I swept the kitchen […]

Dante’s Inferno and Governor Good Hair

Mary Mata August 25, 2014

It’s not just Ferguson: US cops are less diverse than the people they police

NewsTaco August 21, 2014

How Democrats Could Lose The Latino Vote

NewsTaco August 20, 2014

*Somehow, Latino politics and political party gains and losses are almost always tied to immigration … VL By Alice Ollstein, Think Progress FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — As lawmakers across the […]

Rick Perry to turn himself in

NewsTaco August 19, 2014

By Rebecca Kaplan, CBS News Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, will surrender to authorities around 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday to be booked and have his mug shot and fingerprints taken, […]

The data on white anxiety over Hispanic immigration

NewsTaco August 15, 2014

*This comes as no surprise to Latinos. Many U.S. whites are OK with immigration, unless it’s immigration from Latin America. This is a very telling study, especially the revelations between […]

At Photo-Op with Soldiers, Rick Perry Offers Few Details on Border Deployment

NewsTaco

*All eyes are on Ferguson, Missouri, and rightfully so. Meanwhile the militarization of the Texas border continues.  Texas Gov. Rick Perry posed for pictures with soldiers and their weapons this […]