Nerd In The Colonia

By Eres Nerd, NewsTaco They were cotton fields located on a floodplain of the Rio Grande. Irrigation canals divided them. Water flowed from the open canal gates soaking the cotton […]

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco TV was awful when I was growing up. I grew up in a one channel household – and you would get hit if the television would […]

Thursday August 23, 2012 The Myth Of The Latino Vote (The Atlantic): Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University who has worked as an Arizona pollster for four decades, […]

By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco I’ve said it before – being a mom of boys allows me to live out my inner Marvel geek! I have every excuse now to go […]

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco … or “How Latino English teachers can respond to dumb comments” 1. Do you teach Spanish?           I’d prefer not to.  Besides, I’m not certified. 2. […]

By Daniel Cubias, Being Latino I was in the first generation of kids who grew up with Sesame Street. Even at a young age, I recognized how rare it was […]

By Lalo Alcaraz, Pocho Ñews Service Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (photo, right)has signed an executive order directing state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to young undocumented immigrants who obtain work […]

By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi Gabriela Perez said she qualifies for President Barack Obama administration’s deferred action program and has school records, awards, recommendation letters from teachers and her bachelor’s degree […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Four and a half years after 15 Latino 5th grade students were forced to eat their lunch on the floor in a Camden, New Jersey elementary school the […]

Thursday August 16, 2012 Univision Protestes Lack of Hispanic Moderator for Presidential Debate (Variety): Univision’s Randy Falco today sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, expressing disappointment that no […]