Federal Court Showdown Could Change Latino Politics

Federal Court Showdown Could Change Latino Politics

NewsTaco September 5, 2011

This is the week of the big showdown in a Texas courtroom. I don’t mean to breech the fuzzy limits of melodrama, but what happens in that federal courtroom could change the politics of […]

Spanish Media Is On The Rise In The U.S., For Now

NewsTaco August 30, 2011

This has been a good year for Hispanic media – and by that I mean Spanish language media in general, which industry and academia insists on calling “Hispanic.” Univisión, the leader of […]

News Taco To Go: Spanish, Census, Sex Ed And Tolerance

Mary Mata August 16, 2011

How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Spanish Growing Latino Population Should Not Be A Shock Culturally Relevant Sex Ed: It’s Not What We Get At Home Moving From […]

Growing Latino Population Should Not Be A Shock

Mary Mata August 15, 2011

By Marc Rodriguez The U.S. Census Report, or at least the documents from the past four decades, should officially be considered the government’s equivalent of the television broadcast version of […]

Where Are All The Latinos In The Media?

Mary Mata August 11, 2011

I remember when I was a young girl dreaming about being a reporter, I used to pretend to be Rachel from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” because she was the only […]

Note To LA Times: I’m A “Tejano Genius”

NewsTaco August 8, 2011

Here’s some navel-gazing to start off your week: How do you self-identify? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican…? In the interest of full disclosure I’ll admit that I’ve long lost interest […]

Minorities Dream, Work Hard With Different Outcomes

NewsTaco August 5, 2011

If you’ve ever wondered, what is this world coming to? Check out my neighborhood. It’s a model of new residential integration. My neighbors to the right are ethnic-Palestinian, from Jordan. […]

Is Mixed Race A Blend, Combination Or Assortment?

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

By Elaine Dove One of my favorite places for “researching” topics that come up in my daily life is my local grocery store. It just so happens that the one […]

News Taco To Go: Spiderman, Sarcasm, Redistricting And Sopes

Mary Mata

Marvel Comics To Unveil A New Latino Spiderman Sarcasm As Self Defense Against Racism, Sexism Latinos Win Some, Lose Some In California Redistricting Sopes: A Step By Step Process

News Taco To Go: Marriage, Prosperity, Arizona, Immigration

Mary Mata July 21, 2011

I Wanted To Marry A Latino And Fell For A White Guy How To Ensure Prosperity For 15 Million Latinos Arizona Can Begin Border Wall Construction Today How Intermarriage, Immigration […]