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The Top Ways You Can Help Victims Of The Texas Wildfires

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

More than 1,000 homes and 100,000 acres have been consumed by about 60 wildfires currently raging in Central Texas. At least 5,000 people have been forced to evacuate in what’s […]

To Solve Obesity Problem, We Need To Start With The Children

Mary Mata

A Latina Catholic On Texas’ Overturned Abortion Law

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

Help! My 19-Year-Old Sister’s Boyfriend Is A Pig

Mary Mata

Dear Martha: I just wanted to ask you about my 19-year-old sister and the fact she has been in a relationship with a harmful person for five years. He is […]

DREAM Act Part 2 Passes Senate In California

Mary Mata

The second part of what is known as the California DREAM Act passed the state senate yesterday, giving undocumented students access to public financial aid. Now the legislation goes back […]

“You Need To Leave,” Written In Latino Center In Indiana

Mary Mata August 31, 2011

A few changes took place at  Indiana University’s Latino Cultural Center, La Casa,  during the most recent orientation. For one, a note that said “criminals deport” and for another, the words “You […]

My Life As The Mexican Jack Kerouac

Mary Mata

When I was in high school, I had an unquenchable thirst for the road. I had read books by Jack London, Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson that had romanticized […]