The Nightmare Of The American Dream For Latino Families

The Nightmare Of The American Dream For Latino Families

Mary Mata May 13, 2011

[Editor’s Note: If you don’t read in Spanish you can translate this page using Google Chrome.] Mediante la convivencia con mujeres hispanas aquí en California me he enterado de la […]

News Taco To Go: Guadalupe, Tortillas, Gas & Violence

Mary Mata May 11, 2011

Latinos Disproportionately Affected By Rising Gas Prices Republicans Fibbing About Violence Along The Border Police, Dogs Confuse Tortilla Flour With Cocaine The Top 5 Places La Virgen De Guadalupe Has […]

Police, Dogs Confuse Tortilla Flour With Cocaine

Mary Mata May 10, 2011

Poor Antonio Hernandez Carranza was just minding his own business, trying to get to Tennessee when he made a wrong turn through North Carolina. That’s when he became embroiled in a […]

Republicans Fibbing About Violence Along The Border

Mary Mata

It’s a tired line — one that’s been in vogue at least since the 1980s — “we cannot consider immigration reform until the border is secure.” Texas Congressman Silvestre Reyes, […]

Making Race A Part Of News Reporting For No Reason

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

Recently a few sensationalistic stories came to light: women were found to be hiding things in their privates. Some of these women happened to be Latina. And, perhaps most amazingly, […]

Cholos, Gangs Are Serious Business

Mary Mata April 26, 2011

So, gang members are really concerned about their economic prosperity, more so than beating up rivals — at least that’s what this Funny Or Die video shows us. And, in […]

Anti-Immigrant Sheriff Arpaio Misspent $99 Million

Mary Mata April 15, 2011

There’s no other way to say it but that the infamous anti-immigrant Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been found to have misspent about half his department’s annual budget, which […]

Addressing Tension Between Between U.S., Island Puerto Ricans

Mary Mata April 14, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a post from the National Institute for Latino Policy.] By Felipe Luciano Puerto Rico, let’s be perfectly frank with each other: we’re not getting along. Most […]

Latina Politician Fights Human Trafficking

Mary Mata

By Texas State Sen. Leticia Van De Putte Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world. I’m sure that fact, from the Polaris Project, is surprising to many of […]

News Taco To Go: Gas, Spending, Ex-Cons, Egypt And Budget

Mary Mata April 13, 2011

$4 a gallon gas is set to hit most states as the usual summer gas price hikes meet $100 a barrel oil. Meanwhile, consumer spending rose .4% in March, but […]