Latinos With College Degrees Rises By 80 Percent

Latinos With College Degrees Rises By 80 Percent

Mary Mata February 29, 2012

3.8 million Latinos in the U.S. now have a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the Census Bureau, showing an 80% increase between 2001 and 2011. “This is an important […]

American Prosperity Runs Through The U.S. Latino Community

NewsTaco February 15, 2012

We’ve been beating this drum since we started NewsTaco, looking at it from every pertinent angle: Latinos are surging and now form the most important and fastest growing part of the U.S. […]

Valentine’s Day By The Numbers

Mary Mata February 13, 2012

From the U.S. Census Bureau Expressing one’s love to another is a celebrated custom on Valentine’s Day; whereby sweethearts and family members present gifts to one another, such as cards, […]

Super Bowl XLVI By The Numbers

Mary Mata February 3, 2012

By the U.S. Census Bureau Super Bowl XLVI will be played Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, which will be the first time the Super Bowl has been […]

The GOP Latino Primary Path: Downhill From Here

NewsTaco February 2, 2012

If there is a tendency for Latino voters to favor the Republican party, small as the tendency may be, we’ve heard it loudly in the Florida primary. From here on […]

Celebrating Black History Month By The Numbers

Mary Mata February 1, 2012

By The U.S. Census Bureau To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred […]

Report Shows Latinos In Colorado Lag Behind Others

Mary Mata January 19, 2012

A recent report from the Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy & Research Organization (CLARO) entitled “Snapshot of Colorado Latinos,” shows that in several realms Latinos in that state lagged behind others. […]

Mexican Immigration Is Slowing While Asian Immigration Grows

Mary Mata January 18, 2012

Data recently released by the Pew Hispanic Center allows us to draw two conclusions about Latinos in the U.S.. First, the myth that Mexicans are “flooding America” is proven to be that […]

The Latino Voting Rights Saga: It’s Complicated

NewsTaco

A three-judge federal panel in Washington will be hearing two weeks’ worth of testimony, starting this week, on Texas’ congressional redistricting maps. Again? If you’re thinking, “Didn’t they already do this?” […]

6% Of Latinos In The U.S. Don’t Identify As “Latino”

NewsTaco January 12, 2012

There is a reason that government and marketers in the United States want to dump all persons of Latin American ancestry into one big “Hispanic” pail. It’s the same reason […]