All The Reasons I Don’t Need To Have Children

All The Reasons I Don’t Need To Have Children

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

The biggest mystery to me is that evolution children go through when they are still babies. I do not even know how to hold them. I usually hold them like […]

Latinos: More Than Half U.S. Population Growth

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

The Hispanic population in the U.S. accounted for more than half of the total population growth in the country outpacing other demographic groups, according to a U.S. Census Bureau brief […]

“Anchor Baby” Is Always A Racist Term

Mary Mata May 19, 2011

I know that this latest round of immigration grandstanding isn’t the first time the term “anchor baby” has come into vogue. But as a woman, it’s the first time I’ve […]

Latina Teen Feigns Pregnancy To Expose Stereotypes

Mary Mata April 28, 2011

A Latina in Toppenish, Washington pretended to be pregnant for six months as part of a social experiment to understand what it would be like to be on the receiving end […]

Actual Anchor Baby Operation Found In LA

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

An actual “anchor baby” operation was recently shut down outside of Los Angeles, California involving pregnant Chinese women who paid to receive pre- and post-natal care and have their babies […]

NewsTaco To Go: Cure For Baldness, Middle East, Immigration, Babies And Gays

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

Scientists may have accidentally discovered the cure for baldness, at least baldness due to stress. The researchers were studying stress-related stomach problems by injecting mice with a stress-blocking compound, which had the […]

Latina Cervical Cancer Rate Twice National Average

Mary Mata January 12, 2011

Cervical cancer rates in Los Angeles County show that Latinas and Asian women suffer from higher rates of cancer than other groups, according to this report. Women in LA proper […]

Latino Babies At Greater Risk For Birth Defects

Mary Mata January 3, 2011

Latino babies are much more likely than white babies to be born with neural tube defects, those are birth defects that affect the brain and spine. A lack of folic […]

GOP Going After Birthright Citizenship

Mary Mata November 22, 2010

Oh geez, one of the cornerstones of the American way of life — birthright citizenship, that crazy thing the government did way back in 1868 via the 14th Amendment after […]