Film Review: BATTLESHIP

Film Review: BATTLESHIP

Mary Mata May 18, 2012

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Movies based off toys aren’t really my forte. While I did enjoy the firstTransformers movie to an extent, it wasn’t enough to warrant any other subsequent […]

Needed: Tour Guides, Not Experts, To Explain Latinos

NewsTaco

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If I were a visitor from another planet (I ask friends and family to hold their sarcasm) and I were trying to understand U. S. Latinos […]

UPDATE: Carlos Fuentes Has Died

Mary Mata May 17, 2012

From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio I am just processing the news that one of my dearest mentors, the great Mexican author and public intellectual Carlos Fuentes, has passed […]

A Bronze Tale. The Reel Truth Behind Latina Icons

Mary Mata

By Natalia Criollo, Our Tiempo I’ve realized that the 80s were not kind to Latina women. Growing up I did not have many icons to look up to.  However, just […]

Celebration Of The Matriarch Through Gluttony

Mary Mata May 16, 2012

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco I am reminded that Mother’s Day (the real one) was celebrated on Thursday the 10th. This holiday was a particularly hard one to celebrate in our […]

Film Review: Sacha Baron Cohen’s THE DICTATOR

Mary Mata

By Shane A. Bassett, The Young Folks Expect the unexpected in an ambush of the senses not recommended for the weak stomach, this absurd comedy is a visual and verbal […]

Latino Teens Admit to Risky Texting Behavior: Why Parents Must Worry

Mary Mata

By Maria Cardona, Latinovations As spring draws to a close, teens across the country are shopping for prom dresses, planning graduation parties, searching for summer jobs and looking forward to a […]

3 Cheese Flautas

Mary Mata

“Every now and again we get emails from people asking us to post their recipes- which I love. I love recipe sharing and comparing how people make certain dishes, or […]

Carlos Fuentes – Old Soldiers Never Die

Mary Mata

By D. C. Basset, Voxxi General Douglas MacArthur said in his farewell speech in 1951 that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. It is the same with writers and […]

The Gluttony Project: Semper Fry

Mary Mata May 15, 2012

By El Guapo On the fifth trip up to the buffet, you fight gnawing fatigue like a champ. Your jaw aches. You’ve unbuttoned your pants with the same single-minded determination […]