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Similarities: Egyptian Protests And Puerto Rican Protests
[Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Pa’lante Latino and was written by Christina T. Saenz] The world is watching as the Egyptian people reclaim their government. They are demanding […]
NewsTaco To Go: Obesity, Abortions, Mexico Deaths, Labor and Arizona
Arizona wants to undo the Constitution, there’s a labor shortage of skilled workers, childhood obesity is bad, a U.S. teen was killed in Mexico, the government is cutting programs and […]
Mexico Drug War Aid Delays Investigated
Somewhere between President George W. Bush announcing in 2007 that the U.S. would give México $1.4 billion dollars to fight drug cartels (Mérida Initiative) and now, just $362 million in […]
The Truth About the Immigration Side-Show
We at News Taco have been wondering how all of these state level immigration laws were going to happen. What with budget shortfalls, unemployment, redistricting and such, what is the […]
Latino Groups List Their Policy Wishes for Obama
There was a time, not too long ago, when immigration was not high on the list of Latino political priorities. I remember polls that indicated education, followed by jobs and […]
Are Anti-Immigrant Laws Hate Speech?
So with all the talk about all our caustic political arguments and how they may or may not be to blame for the massacre in Tucson, we have this (not […]
Latino State Of The Union
[Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of a blog from LatinoPoliticsBlog.com blogger Seneca. Re-posted with permission.] The “state of the union” of the Latino community appears to be […]
Govt, Banks Loan Less To Latino-Owned Businesses
The California Reinvestment Coalition recently released a report entitled, “Small Business Access to Credit: The Little Engine That Could” that found from 2007 to 2009 the Small Business Administration severely cut […]
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 […]
Not The ‘Felícist’ Navidad For 2 Million
Federal jobless benefits, even after they were extended to 99 weeks, start running out this week. Some states supplement the federal unemployment insurance, so the actual numbers who will have […]