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Latino Students Forced To Eat On Floor Get $500,000 Settlement

NewsTaco August 16, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Four and a half years after 15 Latino 5th grade students were forced to eat their lunch on the floor in a Camden, New Jersey elementary school the […]

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Mary Mata

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Mary Mata August 15, 2012

American DREAMin’: Deferred Action for Undocumented Youth Begins

Mary Mata August 14, 2012

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco If we believe in the American Dream, we need to believe in the partial immigration reform that President Obama passed earlier this summer. On June 15, Secretary […]

A Latino Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste

Mary Mata

By Victor Escalante, NewsTaco San Antonio’s Mayor Julian Castro is bullish on education and the advancement of Latinos in the city and the country. Seen as a rising star, syndicated columnist […]

For High Schoolers Considering Science Majors In College

Mary Mata August 13, 2012

By Yessenia Gutierrez, Being Latino As we’ve recently pointed out, Latinos are making enormous headway in educational attainment, but we still lag behind non-Hispanic whites. While there are certainly institutional […]

Americans Are Growing In Obesity, Especially Latinos

Mary Mata August 10, 2012

By Voxxi As a nation, we’re getting steadily heavier. The average American has gained about one pound each year since the mid-1990s. Our tendency to super-size every meal is gaining […]