immigrant family
Legal Wait for Entry to US is Decades Long
Here’s a part of the immigration debate that gets little play in the general, national, debate: the infamous ‘line” that immigrants must stand in in order to enter the US […]
Republicans, The DREAM Act And Surging Latino Voters
Illinois U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez wrote a piece in The Huffington Post today in which he recounts many reasons why the DREAM Act is important. Perhaps one of the most […]
Why A New Texas Republicano Matters
Texas State Representative Aaron Peña just switched parties this week, from Democrat to Republican, conveniently a month after his mostly-Democratic constituency re-elected him after eight years of service to them. […]
Latinos Change Texas’ Future, May Suffer In Present
By Stace Medellín Recently I attended the Harris County (Houston) Democratic Party Brown Bag discussion, including State Reps. Armando Walle, Scott Hochberg, and Carol Alvarado. They shared an outlook of […]
How Do You Say ‘Thanksgiving’ in Spanish?
When I was a kid in the 1950s, we still spoke mostly Spanish at the homes of our extended family, and we called it “Día De Dar Gracias.” At the time, […]
The Trouble With a Latino Republican Balancing Act
Being a Latino Republican in this electoral cycle filled with anti-immigrant, often interpreted as anti-Latino, sentiment is tough.  Gerry Shih of The Bay Citizen writes about Californian Lieutenant Governor candidate Abel […]
JLo to Produce TV Show About Latina Nannies
I’m not really sure how I feel about this one, guys. On the one hand, I think it’s good that Jennifer Lopez is trying to get more Latinos on TV […]
NewsTaco Week in Review: Machos, Telenovelas, Militares y la Política
Time to round up this week’s NewsTaco news…. It was the most racist of times when we saw how low some Republican lawmakers were willing to go with their scary […]
Watch: We’re about to get a decade named after Hispanics … again!
I knew it was going to happen. After all, it has happened every decade since 1970, that I know. Last month, the Economist discovered Latino voters. This month, it was […]