Texas Census Report = Horse Trading Begins

Today it’s Texas’ turn. The release of the Census numbers for the state of Texas are expected this afternoon but it’s really an exercise of formality. We know the outcome, […]

They’re being called GenYLA, as in generation Young Latino Americans, an offshoot of US marketers penchant for labeling swaths of consumers according to age and distinct behavioral tendencies: GenX, GenY, […]

It’s something to look out for in the coming redistricting tug-of-war. It’s also a partial answer to the question of why Latinos don’t vote. Only 41 percent of Latinos in […]

A correction I find myself making often, especially to those who don’t agree with my particular point of view, is that the term Latino does not refer to a race. […]

The New York times reports that, according to the US Census, less than half of all three year-olds in the United States are white. Hold on to your sombreros, kindergartens […]

There are more than 5 million people who identified themselves as “multiracial” in the last Census, according to preliminary estimates. This is a 20% increase from the year 2000 and […]

The Year of the Rabbitt, your drinking water, the Census and minorities, HPV vaccines and new planets in our solar system in your NewsTaco To Go this morning — would […]

Ask most people who aren’t from Texas what they think about the state and the people from it, and you’ll get a pretty stereotypical response: Boots and trucks, boasts and […]

It’s looking like spring and summer will be key for Latinos and the release of the numbers of the Census population count. Spring for political reasons, summer for just about […]

And now for some rather sad news: 43% of Latinas who live alone live in poverty, while 34% of African-American women are in a similar situation. This information comes from […]