Nerd In The Colonia

Nerd In The Colonia

Mary Mata August 23, 2012

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 […]

No Such Thing As A Gifted Television

Mary Mata

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 […]

When No One Knows You’re Latino

Mary Mata

By Taína Haiman, Being Latino The Census Bureau is currently in the process of revising how it addresses the race of Latino respondents. In the 2010 Census, Americans were asked […]

Anaheim High School BANS Festival Of “Mexican” Stereotypes!

Mary Mata

Anaheim High School BANS Festival of “Mexican” Working Class/Criminal Class/Pregnant Class Stereotypes! Another Setback for “Fun-Loving” Mexi-haters!!! From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio This post first appeared in the textmex […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

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, […]

Movie Review: The Expendables 2

Mary Mata August 21, 2012

By Catherina Gioino, The Young Folks One-liners. .. Chuck Norris. Boom, done, you got the idea. The movie started with the Expendables in a predicament, being followed and attacked by […]

Boys, Superheroes and Youtube: Captain México

Mary Mata

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 […]

Own Your Own “Mexican”

Mary Mata

Own Your Own “Mexican”: The Danbury Mint Strikes Again! From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio Rats! He’s no longer available! This post first appeared in the textmex galleryblog. William Anthony […]

Sesame Street says “Hola” to new Latino muppet

Mary Mata August 20, 2012

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 […]

Jazz De México

NewsTaco August 17, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Another week, another Friday… another reason to celebrate with Jazz de México! This is not a drill. This is serious chill time. It’s great jazz from […]