News Taco To Go: Felons, Border War, Wisconsin, Pesticides

News Taco To Go: Felons, Border War, Wisconsin, Pesticides

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons Hometown Exile: Saying Goodbye To Visiting Mexico Latinos In Wisconsin Organize To Ensure Representation Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California  

I’ll Never Understand Surprise At Stereotypes In The Movies

Mary Mata June 1, 2011

I remember when the groundbreaking film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” first came out, there was outrage. Lots of it, insisting that it was somehow a discredit to Latinos everywhere. Personally, I […]

Villaraigosa, Others Skip $15 Million In Parking Tickets

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following is an op-ed from the Mexican American Political Association and is shared with permission.] By Magdalena Barela I’m not an aspirant of a Gold Card, and I […]

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Benefits Of Immigration

Mary Mata May 30, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis is accustomed to highlighting issues that, for others, are easily forgotten. At a town hall at East Los Angeles College Friday, Solis participated […]

New Museum Opens In East LA

Mary Mata May 27, 2011

A new museum has opened on the East Los Angeles College campus, courtesy actor Vincent Price, who donated 2,000 works of art to the recently opened Vincent Price Museum of Art […]

Cesar Chavez Home Nominated For National Historic Registry

NewsTaco May 26, 2011

The patch of land where Cesar Chavez lived coordinated the United Farm Worker movement has been nominated for placement on the National Historic Registry. The nomination came about during the quarterly meeting […]

News Taco To Go: DREAM Act, Guadalupe And Gays

Mary Mata

San Diego’s Sufring Guadalupe To Be Torn Down Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not Why Is It Ok To Be Gay As Long As We Don’t Talk About […]

Summer Vacations, Carne Asadas And Los Tigres Del Norte

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

Some things never change — especially in the rewarding field of education. The children I work with now can smell summer right around the corner. They talk about summer blockbusters […]

San Diego’s Surfing Guadalupe To Be Torn Down

Mary Mata

She appeared, she saw, and now she’s being conquered. The lovely “Surfing Madonna” mural in Encinitas, California that appeared around Easter is set for removal after the city council decided […]

10 Famous, Memorable And Notorious Latina Maids

Mary Mata May 24, 2011

By Enrique Limón, of El Zonkey Show and on Twitter They are efficient, stealth, and not to mention HUGE in Japan. ¿A qué hora sales por el pan? They’re maids, and with all this talk […]