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In Texas 14 Students per Hour Continue to Leave Before Graduating High School
Startling when you think of it in those terms. What’s it like where you live? The good folks at IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association) have published a great Internet tool […]
Are Latinos the GOP’s New Gays, and is an “Illegal” the New Willie Horton?
Enough race-bating; it is time for some facts. Rick Perry’s latest TV campaign salvo — and expect to see it all over the airways until Nov. 2 because he’s got […]
Latino teen age birth rates; new report, same story
The good news is that overall, the number of births to teen aged mothers in the US is falling. You know what comes next. The down side. Births to Latino […]
Same old discrimination story in new places
Just when you thought we’d taken forward steps… The problem with Latino immigrant expansion, with Latino communities springing up where there’d never been Latinos before, is that their presence engenders […]
Hablando Bien: The Dynamics of Spanglish
Recently I was having a conversation with a gentleman from the Deep South in San Antonio, Texas and he informed me that he’s been told, “Hispanics are too lazy to […]
On the other hand…immigration cases in Houston dismissed in record numbers
I know, it’s kind of schitzo. On the one hand Texas has called a full court press to identify and deport undocumented criminals. And on the other, Homeland Security officials […]
Angle’s Racist Tirades Continue — Thanks to Incredible Funding
Sharron Angle, who is trying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, has revolutionized hate-politics. Earlier, NewsTaco.Com provided a link to what may be one of the […]
Inevitable: Chilean Miners Go Telenovela Status!
Perhaps you read my earlier post about the temporarily positive coverage of Latinos in the U.S. media as hope and the tenacity of the human spirit were on the tips […]
Rick Sanchez’s Firing Wasn’t Fair
The Nation had an interesting piece about the Rick Sanchez firing from CNN recently. Â Essentially what Leslie Savan says is that there are other factors at play, that Sanchez’s actions […]
Good News About Latinos From Chile
The crazy tragedy-turned-heartwarming-story about the 33 trapped Chilean miners captured the world’s attention. Â It was the perfect story, with elements of hope, tragedy, peril, love, strife, human suffering and the […]