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Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]

Latino Students Majority In Texas

Mary Mata March 24, 2011

Why The EPA Is Important For Latino Families

Mary Mata

Docs: Racist Arizona Teacher Letter, School Response

Mary Mata

I wanted to post the actual letter from substitute teacher Tony Hill, and then the response from the school where his alleged experiences took place, Harold W. Smith Elementary. He […]

Biased Study Shows Obese Latinas, Children Underestimate Weight

Mary Mata

A new study shows that mothers who are obese, as well as their children, underestimate their weight. Most of those who participated in the Columbia University study were Latinos and […]

3rd Grade Reading Homework: What is an Illegal Alien?

NewsTaco

This is just plain wrong. But it’s wrong in so many different ways that it’s beyond belief. A third grade public school class in Duluth, GA, was given a reading […]

More US Latinos Live in Most Polluted Areas

NewsTaco

When I was a kid I used to ride the public transportation in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico: over crowded and harried where the bus didn’t actually stop at the corner, it […]