Latino Leaders Critical Of California Redistricting Map

Latino Leaders Critical Of California Redistricting Map

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

Newly drawn maps for congressional districts in California are being criticized for not adequately representing Latinos, with one prominent Latino leader calling them the “worse-case scenario for Latinos in California.” […]

The Top 10 Cities With The Largest Latino Populations

Mary Mata June 21, 2011

Last week we looked at the Top 10 States With The Largest Latino Populations. As I wrote then, understanding these trends is important not only to how Latinos are growing […]

Mother Of Arnold’s Latino Son Speaks

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Guatemalteca Mildred Baena recently gave an interview to Hello! Magazine and posed for a photo with her son by former employer/lover Arnold Schwarzenegger. She spoke about a few different topics: […]

News Taco To Go: Farmworkers, Tea Party, Surnames & Census

Mary Mata

Texas, The U.S. Becoming More Latino Lots Of Latinos Don’t Have spanish Surnames (Like Me) Racist Statement Uncovers Real Tea Party California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights

In Mexico, Ghost Stories Are Always Real

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

I cannot sleep when I am in Mexico – especially my father’s hometown of La Rivera, Jalisco. This is because I feel powerful force that I don’t understand, and I […]

California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights

Mary Mata

By Dylan J. Anderson, United Farm Workers Recently, both the California Senate and Assembly passed SB 104, “The Fair Treatment for Farm Workers Act.” Introduced by Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), SB 104 […]

The Top 10 States With The Largest Latino Populations

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

Looking at the most recent Census data allows us to obtain a clearer picture of how, precisely, Latinos are growing as a population in this country. However, looking at this […]

California’s Redistricting Maps Released

Mary Mata June 10, 2011

In California the redistricting process is controlled by the non-partisan Citizens Redistricting Commission, which just released the maps today. Check them out here and see the commission’s press release below: Today California takes […]

Latino Gang Profiled African Americans In LA

Mary Mata June 8, 2011

The Azusa 13 gang in the San Gabriel Valley, east of LA, systematically targeted African-Americans in that community with the aim of running them out of town, according to a […]

Celebrating American Holidays With My Mexican Father

Mary Mata

As a child, my father would always take my sister and I to the front door and repeat his favorite saying, “No me importa lo que diga Tom Bradley ni […]