VIDEO: Carlos Guerra – Pass The DREAM Act

VIDEO: Carlos Guerra – Pass The DREAM Act

Mary Mata December 2, 2010

Carlos Guerra tells us a little bit about why he thinks it’s important to pass the DREAM Act.

Bota Fashion Or Foolishness?

Mary Mata November 29, 2010

I saw these boots on a recent trip to the pulga, or flea market, on Sunday. Can you handle them? I couldn’t, and the steady stream of gawkers at this […]

Califas DREAMers Speak Out

Mary Mata

The Los Angeles Times ran an amazing piece over the weekend about courageous college students in California who are standing up and telling the world they need the DREAM Act, […]

Latino Boy Sexually Assaulted at School Ignored by Officials

Mary Mata November 26, 2010

By Tim Crews, Publisher, The Sacramento Valley Mirror What do Maxwell parents do when son is sexually assaulted while at school? First of a series By Tim Crews, Valley Mirror Publisher Maxwell, California […]

Undocumented Immigrants Are At Your Holiday Table

NewsTaco

This is good, very good. A commentary written by Bill McEwen published in the Fresno Bee that puts the Thanksgiving feast in proper perspective. When you eat today, thank a […]

11 Year Old Attacked for Being Latino

NewsTaco November 24, 2010

The reports are sketchy and few but enough is known to cause outrage. Police in Petaluma California, roughly 40 miles north of San Francisco, report that an 11 year old […]

White Woman in Brownface as ‘Chola’ Enrages LA

Mary Mata November 9, 2010

It’s the kind of story you’d expect to see on TV, but this is real life folks, as strange as it seems. You have a white woman, Chloe Michalopolous, who […]

Arizona Bans Affirmative Action, Not for Rich People

Mary Mata

Let’s get one thing straight about affirmative action before I get into Arizona’s latest brouhaha:  Minorities are NOT the only ones who benefit from it.  Except when rich or privileged […]

Latino Voters Save the Senate & Other News

Mary Mata November 4, 2010

Ho hum, another election down.  Let’s see how Latino voters fared in this election: They saved Harry Reid and the U.S. Senate from Republican takeover. Latinos voted mostly Democratic. Three […]

Whooping Cough Epidemic Affects Latinos in California

Mary Mata October 29, 2010

Nine of the 10 infant deaths resulting from the current whooping cough, or pertussis, epidemic in California have been Latino. More than 6,200 people have been infected in the outbreak […]