Hamburger Dreams and McMelancholia

Hamburger Dreams and McMelancholia

Mary Mata September 19, 2012

Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco My friend Richard and I were sitting around McDonald’s restaurant on a Sunday afternoon. I had been playing with the same three fries over a pool of […]

NewsTaco to Launch Exclusive Latino Superhero Comic Strip

NewsTaco September 18, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco This is something we at NewsTaco have been working on for months, and although at first glance it doesn’t fit with the news, information and analysis content that you’ve come […]

“Fidel Castro”, SkyJacking Latino Air Bandito…

Mary Mata

“Strip Naked or Die” | From 1962! “Fidel Castro”, SkyJacking Latino Air Bandito… From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio source This post first appeared in the textmex galleryblog. William […]

Pocho Ocho ‘Hispanic Heritage’ Items We Want in the Smithsonian

Mary Mata September 17, 2012

By Especial Correspondents, Pocho Ñews Service Are you buying a new dress, ladies, perhaps a chingon chapeau? Inviting the family over for a Sonoran hot dog party? After all, National Hispanic Heritage […]

Reverse Acculturation Taking Place In Latino Dominant Cities

Mary Mata

By Victor Escalante, News Taco San Antonio is known for many things, The Alamo, Hemisfair Tower, The Spurs, and of course Mi Tierra restaurant. The city is known for throwing […]

Top Latino Comics Come Together for the “I AM 38″ California Tour

Mary Mata September 14, 2012

By Ces’Ari Garcia Delmuro, Being Latino No matter your political party affiliation, top Latino comedians coming together to put on a statewide comedy tour in support of proposition 38, is beneficial […]

Michael Peña & Director David Ayer Talk ‘End of Watch’

Mary Mata

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Growing up in a blue-collar neighborhood in Chicago, I was surrounded by people who were police officers, firemen, etc. But the thing was… I […]

Jazz De México

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I don’t know if you believe in this kind of stuff, but somewhere between Tuesday afternoon and Thursday late morning most everyone I knew was getting […]

Dispatches from China: Settling in and the Unsettling

Mary Mata

By Hector Flores AKA @chicanochino, NewsTaco Arriving in Guangzhou after a delayed flight from LA to Hong Kong, my nerves are shot. I can only think and hope for a […]

NHMC: Negative Media Portrayals of Latinos and Immigrants

Mary Mata September 13, 2012

By Latino Rebels This morning in Washington, the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) released the results of a national poll “showing that media portrayals of Latinos and immigrants are fueling rampant negative stereotypes among […]