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News Taco To Go: Education, Employment, Obesity, Gulf Coast and Buget

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]

Effects Of The Proposed Federal Budget Cuts On Latinos

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

VIDEO: Obama and Latino Education

NewsTaco March 29, 2011

Ray High School’s Mariachi Custodian

Mary Mata

The Corpus Christi Caller Times (Texas) did an amazing video documenting local high school custodian Mario Tovar, who has become a fixture at Ray High School for singing mariachi music […]

Obama on Spanish TV: Jiu Jitsu or Sleight-of-Hand?

NewsTaco

How many of you watched President Obama’s town hall meeting on Univision? I ask because a report in The Hill names the Spanish language broadcaster as an influencer in the […]

Latino Religious Beliefs Hinder Organ Donation

NewsTaco

Here’s a statistic that makes cultural sense: “Hispanics, especially first- and second-generation Mexican-Americans, are less likely to donate organs than Americans as a whole, according to organ donation experts.” The […]

Guapura 101: Eyeliner

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

Okay ladies, I’m not the biggest fan of wearing makeup everyday. Shoot, since I was laid off a few years ago and began blogging, I really haven’t had many occasions for which […]