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Jim Plunkett’s painful journey: ‘My life sucks’
By Eliott Almond, The Mercury News He rises from a chair next to his Heisman Trophy in a room stuffed with dozens of silver and gold keepsakes that recognize […]
About NewsTaco
What is NewsTaco? NewsTaco provides innovative and insightful news, critique, analysis and opinion from a Latino perspective in a 24-hour world. We value feedback from our readers, feel free to […]
How baseball can teach us to frame the new Latino narrative
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read) There’s an interesting side conversation going on in Philadelphia baseball circles that illustrates how a big part of rewriting the U.S. Latino […]
Immigrant workers at Churchill Downs fear deportation
*The 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby is the coming weekend. Known as” The Greatest Two Minutes In Sports,” there will be 20 horses at the starting gate, half will […]
NBA Playoffs: Here’s the Latino, Spanish Players to Watch
*Why you should read this: Because Latino players are making their mark in the NBA. Because many Latino NBA fans root for Latinos, even if they’re not on their favorite […]
How you can help young men focus on important decisions
SPONSORED CONTENT By NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) This is the time of year when all eyes are on college basketball. For many college basketball players, the NCAA national tournament […]
Anti-Immigrant Hate Doesn’t Care If You’re Undocumented Or Not
*Why you should read this: Because incidents like this have been on the rise since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. Because eaqch and every incident like this needs […]
How the Spanos Family Built a Fortune Selling Bologna Sandwiches to Mexican Farmworkers
*Why you should read this: Because a family worth $2.6 billion is asking the City of San Diego, with 1.4 million Latinos – 35 percent of the population, to use public […]
Waiting for Fadó
*Jesse Treviño get’s it: “. . . state-of-the-art telecommunications can accelerate changes in our consciousness and self-perception.” U.S. Latinos need to hear this message. VL By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino (4.5 […]
America Beyond Detention: Even the birds and animals are free
*This is the first of a three-part series of reports that “examines alternatives to the nation’s burgeoning immigrant detention system. Part I explores the human and financial cost of detention. […]