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How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship
Every night at 7 p.m. in New York City, we clap and make noise for essential and frontline workers. In 2017, more than 15% of the health-care labor force were immigrants, […]
Today’s Latino News Headlines – July 27, 2018
Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee – NPR According to the letter provided by Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed […]
Hacking Hockney: the Mexican American painter bringing Latino culture into art
In the 1960s, a young David Hockney, infatuated with the sun and sensuality of the west coast, introduced the world of high art to the markers of Los Angeles domestic bliss. […]
The future U.S. economy rests on the decisions of Latino Millennials
SPONSORED CONTENT By NewsTaco (3 minute read) Three recent reports underscore the vital role that Latino Millennials – those between the ages of 18 to 34 – will play in […]
U.S. Latino construction, agriculture and dairy workforce 7/17/17
I’ve been searching for statistics that paint a picture of the labor and economic loss across the U.S. economy caused by President Trump’s immigration plans, bluster, threats . . . There are […]
Home builders can’t find enough workers
*It’s become harder for undocumented construction workers to find jobs, so now it’s taking longer for homes to be built, and it’s getting more expensive because of Trump’s tariffs on […]
Latino Leadership in the Trump Era
*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s Anti-Latino rhetoric is an opportunity for visibility and transformation. Because the transformation must start at the local level. Because the potential for leadership […]
Real news – Immigration hard line could: cause $8 milk, affect your health, change voting registration
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3.5 minute read) I read three stories today that show why we need to keep talking about immigration, even though some of us may be getting […]
Long-Lost Photos Reveal Life of Mexican Migrant Workers in 1950s America
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read) TIME magazine has published a series of revealing photographs of the Bracero program from 1957. Sixty years ago the Saturday Evening Post […]
Meet Jolt, the Latino Organization Aiming to Shake up Texas Politics
*Why you should read this: Because turning Texas blue is key to the Democratic Party’s national agenda. Because Latinos are the front line in the in the battle to turn […]