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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

Being Overweight Makes Me Sad

Mary Mata

More Latino Students Means A Need For Latino Teachers

Mary Mata

A recent article in the Washington Post talks about how the growing Latino population in places that traditionally weren’t known for being ethnically diverse, in this case Maryland, are now experiencing […]

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 […]