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6 Ways Latino Advocacy Has Shaped Our Education Policies

NewsTaco October 13, 2016

*This is very good. My recommendation for your lunch break read. It’s an 11.5 minute investment. VL By Raul A. Reyes, NBC News (11.5 minute read) Did you know that the […]

The silliness that is Hispanic Heritage Month cannot end soon enough

NewsTaco October 4, 2016

Why Young Latino Voters Are More Important Than Ever

NewsTaco September 27, 2016

Latino Millennial footprint of the 2016 elections

NewsTaco September 21, 2016

*More elusive than the Millennial vote is the Latino millennial vote. Forty-two percent are expected to go to the polls in November and no one can say for certain why. […]

California Passes Game-Changing Ethnic Studies Bill

NewsTaco September 16, 2016

*It’s being called “the biggest piece of ethnic studies legislation passed in this country’s history.” VL By Roque Planas, Huffington Post California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a landmark bill […]

Civil rights groups ask the Department of Education to track education loans for students of color

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Apparently the federal government doesn’t for ask the race or ethnicity of student borrowers, so there’s no way to track how students of color are affected […]

Why Colleges in Appalachia Are Recruiting Latinos

NewsTaco September 15, 2016

*An interesting statistic in this piece, kinda geeky. But, six of the 10 states with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the country are in the Appalachian South. We’re everywhere. VL […]