Could Salma Hayek, ‘Brown’ Bushes Be Undocumented?

Could Salma Hayek, ‘Brown’ Bushes Be Undocumented?

NewsTaco December 8, 2010

They’re not, and that’s neither here nor there. What matters is why we ask the question. Salma Hayek admits, in an article published in the Tucson Sentinel, that at a […]

No Babies, I’ll Take A Master’s Please

Mary Mata

If you’re a Latina and your family is anything like mine, people have been expecting you to be married (to a man) for a really long time. And, since you […]

Young Latinos Changing The Future Of U.S.

Mary Mata December 6, 2010

The Economist wrote a really interesting story telling us what we already knew: A growing number of Latinos in the U.S., many of them young, is changing the way the […]

Poor, Disabled, Seniors Lose In Budget Cuts

Mary Mata

A startling and heretofore unnoticed “study” was released Friday that sets the groundwork for balancing state budget on the backs of impoverished and disabled children and seniors. The Texas Health […]

Marvel Comics to Unveil New Latina Superhero

NewsTaco November 30, 2010

¡Santa vaca Batman! Marvel Comics is getting ready to unveil a new Latina Spiderchica. All of you Spiderman and comic superhero connoisseurs may recognize her, she’s made appearances as Araña […]

11 Year Old Attacked for Being Latino

NewsTaco November 24, 2010

The reports are sketchy and few but enough is known to cause outrage. Police in Petaluma California, roughly 40 miles north of San Francisco, report that an 11 year old […]

Big Revelation: Latino Teens Just as Insecure as Rest

NewsTaco November 22, 2010

A new survey says that Latino boys are not as confident about their looks as once thought. So where do I begin? As a former Latino boy, güerco, chilpayate, I […]

NCLR: Latino Childen are the Hungriest in America

NewsTaco

Not to make anyone feel uncomfortable on this festive week, but the season makes talking about hunger a little more poignant, don’t you think? There’s a thing called food insecurity […]

Beltran Leyva Cartel Hiring 12 Year-Old Hitmen

Mary Mata November 15, 2010

Just when you think the drug-related violence in Mexico can’t get any worse — it does. This just in, police in Mexico are searching for a 12 year-old hitman nicknamed […]

Men Happier When Doing Housework, Seriously

Mary Mata November 11, 2010

It was music to my ears to hear that researchers at the Lancaster University management school in the United Kingdom found that fathers are happier overall “when they do more […]