31.7 Million Mexicans, Millions More Latinos In The U.S.

31.7 Million Mexicans, Millions More Latinos In The U.S.

Mary Mata May 31, 2011

The Pew Hispanic Center released an interesting report last year, finding based on 2009 and 2010 Census data that there are 31. 7 million Latinos of Mexican origin in the […]

What’s Worse Than Lazy Racism?

Mary Mata May 27, 2011

You know what I think is worse than racism? Lazy racism. That’s the kind of racism that you just kind of adhere to because — because. I mean, I don’t […]

GOP Inaction On Redistricting May Cost Texas Big Bucks

Mary Mata May 26, 2011

The way it breaks down is this: Republican-dominated state houses in Texas have not taken up congressional redistricting, now it may be too late, and if a special session needs […]

Georgia’s Latino Bashing Misses The Mark

Mary Mata

By Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) & the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund Latinos are a growing portion of Georgia’s school population, in some places, […]

Illinois Redistricting Hurts Latino Voters

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

A new map of legislative boundaries in Illinois drawn up by legislators violates the rights of Latino voters, according to a Latino legal rights group. The Mexican American Legal Defense […]

News Taco To Go: Pawlenty, Georgia, Census And Diabetes

Mary Mata May 24, 2011

Pawlenty Set To Take Anti-Latino Policies Nationwide All Georgia Latinos Suffer From Anti-Immigrant Efforts More Latinos Than Amish In Amish Country Which Comes First, Diabetes Or Depression?

More Latinos Than Amish In Amish Country

NewsTaco May 23, 2011

Here’s a statistic I didn’t see coming. According to a report in Pennlive.com Latinos have surpassed the Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is considered the geographic center of the US Amish culture. […]

Texas Redistricting “Horrible” For Latino Voters

Mary Mata May 18, 2011

Latino voters lose under the current redistricting plan passed by the Texas House, according to attorney Rolando Rios, who has more than 30 years worth of experience in redistricting battles […]

Redistricting, Latinos To Forever Change California

Mary Mata May 13, 2011

Redistricting is a super important issue that’s going to largely determine the future of our country in the next decade and beyond. We wrote earlier this week about how Latino […]

Texas Group: States Should Assume there Are More US Latinos Than Census Counted

NewsTaco May 10, 2011

Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]