latino environment
Two Latinas honored as “Champions of Change” in climate change
By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino In the wake of President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan recognizing the need to cut carbon pollution, this week the White House honored 11 individuals as “Champions of Change” […]
The tragic fall of Aaron Hernandez
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Aaron Hernandez was charged with the first-degree murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semipro football player whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile […]
The Supreme Court decisions that didn’t come .. yet
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Mark your calendar, today will go down in history as the day that nothing significant happened. All bets were that it wouldn’t be that way. In fact […]
Why the Supreme Court needs to uphold affirmative action
By Raul A. Reyes, NBCLatino The Supreme Court will soon announce a decision on an affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, who is white, applied to the University of […]
The Redistricting Wars Redux
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco Bueno, the redistricting wars have started again in Texas; they began Wednesday, May 29 in San Antonio. Well, at least the latest chapter of the […]
What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer You hear the question often: Is Texas becoming a blue state? Since President Obama won reelection in November with an emerging Democratic coalition of African-Americans, Latinos, […]
Film Project on LA Street Vendors Brings Community Into the Classroom
Instructor Jacqueline La Torre (left) , students (left to right), Monica Rodas, Heidi Maqueos, Dahlia Perez, Magaly Ordonez and Tiffany Sosa. By Esmeralda Fabián, La Opinion/New America Media NAM Ed. Note: […]
Continuing the Green Case for Immigration Reform
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco In case you missed it, the Sierra Club came out in support of comprehensive reform—and more explicitly, a path to citizenship. This keeps the debate alive, […]
Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer When Jose Rios walked into a Bank of America branch last year, he hoped to open an account for the car repair shop he owned. He didn’t […]
White House Task: FCC Focused on Digital Literacy & Diversity
By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the independent agency that regulates the Internet and the nation’s telecommunications and broadcasting industries, is hiring in 2013. Two positions are […]