Texas Today Is The U.S. Tomorrow

Texas Today Is The U.S. Tomorrow

Mary Mata March 2, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Victor Landa wrote an editorial for Fox News Latino entitled, “To See America’s Future, Look at Texas” on March 1.] My colleague Victor Landa recently wrote an editorial […]

Census: Democracy Requires Addressing Latino Interests

Mary Mata February 28, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Sylvia Manzano originally appeared in Latinovations and is re-posted here with permission.] The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the Texas state file including […]

Latinos Are Like Population Penicillin

NewsTaco February 25, 2011

There’s a big chunk of America where more people are dying than being born, and you can put a stack of chips on the square that says that chunk has […]

Latinos Outnumber Native Americans In Oklahoma

Mary Mata February 22, 2011

Latinos now outnumber Native Americans in Oklahoma, a state that has marketed if not truly valued its Native American heritage. The Native American Times (via AP) reports that, with recent […]

NewsTaco To Go: New Zealand Quake, Wisconsin, Census, Libya And Chicago

Mary Mata

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand Tuesday; the quake is centered around Christchurch and at least 65 people have died. Protestors in Libya have been killed and their bodies are […]

Latinos Undercounted In Census, Millions In Funding Lost

Mary Mata February 21, 2011

There’s already controversy surrounding the 2010 Census, even though it hasn’t even been fully released. Along the U.S.-Mexico border, where Latinos are concentrated, poor neighborhoods known as colonias were severely […]

Texas, U.S. Must Adjust To New Latino Majority

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary from Professor Roberto R. Calderón, Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. He previously appeared on NewsTaco commenting […]

Citizenship And Latino Voting Eligibility

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following is a re-post written by Angelo Falcón with the National Institute for Latino Policy.] After factoring in voting age and citizenship status, in 2009 only 41 […]

NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP

Mary Mata

Census data released in Texas show that 89% of the state’s growth over the past decade was made up by minorities, specifically Latinos. Wisconsin has been taken over by pro-union protestors, […]

Latinos Set To Grow In The Census — But Who Cares?

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

Latinos are going to be big in the Census, as we’ve reported, but one writer says this is irrelevant. Miguel Perez writes that, every time the Census comes out the […]