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We Are Writers, Too

NewsTaco April 1, 2016

*Powerful. We can’t wait for anyone to grant us a space in any area: art, politics, education, science, journalism, business . . .  we have to carve it out for […]

Important information for first generation college Latinos

NewsTaco March 31, 2016

How an Attempt to Boost Diversity at Texas Colleges Could Kill Affirmative Action

NewsTaco March 29, 2016

What Arne Duncan misunderstands about disconnected young men of color

NewsTaco March 18, 2016

*Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Chicago recently, explaining his idea for a program to help disconnected young men of color. That’s good, says Chicago public school teacher Ray Salazar, […]

High School Seniors, remember this as you plan the rest of your life

NewsTaco March 16, 2016

SPONSORED CONTENT There are two dates that Latino high school seniors should mark on their calendars. One is the entire month on March, because that’s when most colleges and universities […]

How this son of migrant farm workers became an astronaut

NewsTaco March 15, 2016

*I don’t like to bandy the “must read” tag to get folks to read something.  In this case, though, I read the article and felt good after. So I’ll say it’s […]

The Heroic Resistance of a Latino Community Besieged by Fracking

NewsTaco March 10, 2016

*I thought you’d find this interesting. Kern County, California is 51.5% Latino and it generates more than 95% of the fracking oil output in the state. It has one of […]