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Rick Perry And The GOP Destroying Schools For Latino Kids
Texas Governor Rick Perry met last week with GOP leaders of the state to urge them, again, to not raid the state’s $9 billion rainy day fund to stem the bleeding of […]
The Pain Of Losing A Son In Iraq, One Latino’s Story
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in The Texas Observer and was written by Eugene Richards.] Carlos Arredondo: I remember the war in Nicaragua in the 1980s, the Contra scandal, […]
New Latino Christians Could Swing Latino Vote For GOP
[Editor’s Note: This story was written by the Texas Observer’s Michael May and published Dec. 20, 2010 and is reproduced here as part of our partnership with the magazine.] Praying […]
Sacred, Secular Images of Guadalupe Proliferate
By José Luis Aguirre It’s common to see images of Our Lady of Guadalupe on T-shirts, watches, bracelets, key chains, paintings, murals and even tattoos. Devotion to the patron saint of […]
Why Pass the DREAM Act?
Here are some bullet points, as compiled by the Immigration Policy Center, to help you make the case in favor of the Act; they range from more taxable income, savings […]
Your Neighbor, The Cartel Arms Dealer
All kinds of people in the U.S. are illegally smuggling guns into Mexico — it’s illegal for civilians to have firearms in Mexico — essentially arming the cartels that are […]
Halloween, Día de los Muertos and Holloweening
Why? ¿Por qué? Why is it that when we mix religion and cultural nationality there is confusion? I was a child who grew up with Halloween. I would put on […]
NewsTaco’s Rally to Restore Sanity Coverage
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by David Lauricella.] WASHINGTON — The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear drew hundreds of thousands of fake news devotees to the nation’s capital […]
The Trouble With a Latino Republican Balancing Act
Being a Latino Republican in this electoral cycle filled with anti-immigrant, often interpreted as anti-Latino, sentiment is tough.  Gerry Shih of The Bay Citizen writes about Californian Lieutenant Governor candidate Abel […]