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2018: a year for the Latino Vote
We have said it before: being a minority does not mean being powerlessness, especially when a large part of the outcome of an election could be transformed thanks to the mass […]
Latinos could start to change Trump’s rural America
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read) The disgruntled rural and small town voter has gotten a lot of attention since Trump was elected president. They’ve become the cautionary tale, […]
Loving v Virginia and its legacy for Latinos: interracial marriage fifty years later
*As much as Trump may want to build a wall to keep us out, and as much as white America may want to vote us out, America is browning, irreversibly. […]
¡Feliz Aniversario! The Smithsonian Latino Center Enters its Third Decade
*Twenty years ago the Smithsonian Latino Center was an act of courage. Today it’s a necessity. It’s a pillar of national Latino storytelling. There are plans for a permanent home […]
The real story of Latino immigrants – setting roots
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read) Buried in the fourteenth and fifteenth paragraph of a Pew Hispanic Center FacTank post is the future of Latinos in the U.S. That’s […]
Hollywood’s Latino exclusion snobbery set the stage for Trumpism
By Victor Landa NewsTaco (2 minute read) I’m starting a collection of Latino paradoxes. So far I’ve collected two: The Latino health paradox – where U.S. Latino’s live longer than other […]
A Latino on Trump’s Cabinet? It Would Be a Setback, Here’s Why
*Why you should read this: Because this is a conversation worth having. Because Trump has yet to name a Latino to his cabinet and many think it’s better that way. VL […]
A Member on Trump’s Transition Team Spent 55 Pages Explaining How Latinos Already Make America Great
*We’ve been referring to the study mentioned in this piece all week on NewsTaco. Our Taquista friends at the Latino Donor Collaborative, who sponsored the study, sent us a copy […]
Tougher Times For Latino Students? History Says They’ve Never Had It Easy
*There’s deep irony in this piece. Latino kids will survive taunts and discrimination in their schools, that’s the good thing. But they’ll survive because it’s not a new thing, they’ve […]
Latino Electorate On Track For Historic Turnout In 2016
*Five days ’till the election, and one of the big questions is “will Latinos turn out to vote?” So far, so good. VL By Justin H. Gross, Ph.D., Huffington Post […]