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Cinco De Mayo: A Quintessentially ‘American’ Holiday

NewsTaco May 5, 2015

*Here, another attempt to put Cinco de Mayo in perspective. This time NBC News turns the tables and talks about Cinco de Mayo from a Mexican-American perspective. There’s no way […]

The grisly death of a Latino at a Bumble Bee tuna plant puts a larger trend in sharp relief

NewsTaco April 30, 2015

Columbia University accused of banning cafeteria workers from speaking Spanish

NewsTaco April 29, 2015

Kindergarten event disrupted by ‘English only’ chant

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*The kindergarten class that staged the event is 50 percent Latino. Between 1990 and 2000 the Latino population in Perry, Iowa, increased from 1 percent to 25 percent. Most of […]

Sandra Hernandez Takes Fizz Out of Coke-Sponsored Health Convention

NewsTaco April 28, 2015

*Love this! Sandra Hernandez is invited to do a keynote address at the National Hispanic Medical Association conference. She notices the event is sponsored by Coca Cola, that there are […]

Texas Sends Poor Teens To Adult Jail For Skipping School

NewsTaco April 27, 2015

*According to Texas Appleseed, Latinos have a disproportionate level of truancy. In Texas the FTAS (Failure to Appear in School) rate for Latino students is 63.9%, and the PCN (Parent […]

Doctor Shortage for Booming Latino Population in CA, US

NewsTaco April 24, 2015

*The problem, according to the study, is “the dismantling of affirmative action programs in California, and a decrease in anti-poverty programs over the past few decades.”VL By Suzanne Potter, California […]