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NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Nov. 13 – 19, 2011

Mary Mata November 19, 2011

Hey NewsTaco readers, just wanted to give you the head’s up on some great stories we had this week. Everything from great pastries to great tragedies made it to our […]

Latinas Lag In College Graduation Rates Compared To Peers

Mary Mata November 17, 2011

More Latino Students Means A Need For Latino Teachers

Mary Mata

Finding Meaning In My Childhood Chanclazos

Mary Mata November 16, 2011

Most of my friends were always amazed by the way I acted around my mother. I never drank around her and nor did she ever see me drunk.  I never […]

Who Answers Burning Questions For The Children Of Immigrants?

Mary Mata

By Elaine Dove I wonder about the girls and boys I see during the day at my once-a-week volunteer gig at a local school. Most of “my kids” at the […]

Newt Gingrich: Spanish “The Language Of Living In A Ghetto”

Mary Mata November 15, 2011

Current presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich seems to think that Spanish and bilingual education are the characteristics of people living in “the ghetto,” at least he did, who knows how he […]

Hispanic Center of W. Michigan Receives $1.5 Million Grant

Mary Mata

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has bestowed a $1.5 million grant upon the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan to fund a three-year Latino Community Development Project.  According to the press release: The […]