Kids With Undocumented Parents Less Likely To Finish HS

Kids With Undocumented Parents Less Likely To Finish HS

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

A new study from UC Irvine finds that children of legal immigrants are more likely to complete high school and spend an average of two more years in school than […]

What Separates Latino Hipsters From The Rest?

Mary Mata October 25, 2011

Austin, Texas — First off, you may be asking yourself, “What is a hipster?” The answer is the type of difficult one that accompanies trying to distill cultural movements. But, […]

Immigration Laws Are Affecting Foreign Investments

NewsTaco October 24, 2011

There’s more fallout to report from state-level immigration laws.  It’s important because states like Arizona, Georgia and Alabama have turned into laboratories of consequences. In the weeks and months since those state’s approved […]

Latino Kids In Alabama Bullied Since Immigration Law Passed

Mary Mata

It should come as no surprise that, in the wake of Alabama’s anti-Latino immigrant law, sentiments towards Latinos in that state are becoming less than civil. If it wasn’t something […]

Meet Amigoman, The Bilingual Vigilante

Mary Mata October 20, 2011

Like many kids his age, my nephew is obsessed with superheroes.  With Halloween right around the corner, his current 4-year-old life dilemma is choosing between a Batman or Spiderman costume. […]

I’m Not Pregnant, I’m Just Voluptuous

Mary Mata

By Christina Rodriguez I am a 24 year-old voluptuous Latina who looks a little younger, which is to say, my body doesn’t look like the bodies “traditionally” defined as American. […]

GOP Debate Reveals Truths About Romney, Perry

NewsTaco

Just about everyone I spoke to yesterday asked a variation of the same question: Did you see the Republican debate? What they were asking, really, was: Did you see Mitt […]

U.S. Students Made To Recite Mexican Pledge Of Allegiance

NewsTaco October 19, 2011

I went to school in Mexico, from the third grade through to the ninth, and I don’t remember reciting the pledge of allegiance to the Mexican flag, ever. So I was curious about a controversy that broke out when a […]

The Top 5 Things To Do With Your Leftover Halloween Pumpkin

Mary Mata October 18, 2011

So, Halloween when I was a kid was fun. I enjoyed the pumpkin carving, even though I was no good at it, and just generally the fact that people were […]

Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Bad Parents

Mary Mata October 13, 2011

Perhaps you were raised by sinvergüenza parents.  Perhaps you’re a parent yourself and have yet to discover that, yes, you are shameless and your kids cringe and die a little […]