Sotomayor accuses colleagues of trying to ‘wish away’ racial inequality
NewsTaco April 25, 2016
*Justice Sonia Sotomayor went to the mat to counter Justice Roberts’ well known adage that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on […]
Urban Heat Islands amplify global climate change impacts for Latinos
NewsTaco April 21, 2016
*Take away: “place matters in identifying the most vulnerable populations” to climate change. Read this piece. Inner cities, where most U.S. Latinos live and work, are heat islands, paved-over, radiating […]
Want to build the second century of American conservation? Look to César Chávez.
NewsTaco April 12, 2016
*César Chavez’s son writes about his father as a guide for Latinos as the future of American conservation. It makes good sense for Latinos to take the lead of the […]
Black and Latino parents want better teachers and harder classes for their kids
NewsTaco April 11, 2016
*More proof that, contrary to the myth believed by many non-Latinos, the Latino culture emphasizes education. Another truth told in this story is that Latino parents believe white kids get […]