Happy Friday From Joan Baez!

Happy Friday From Joan Baez!

Mary Mata December 2, 2011

Joan Baez is super famous, the daughter of a man who grew up in Puebla, Mexico. She grew up in New York, sang with Bob Dylan and has been dedicated […]

The Top 5 Signs You’re At A Mexican Wedding

Mary Mata November 29, 2011

Recently  I had the pleasure of attending a family wedding — a Mexican wedding. You gotta love Mexican weddings. And as I tweeted with a #MexicanWedding hashtag, I came to […]

“Sansgiven” And Mexican – Americans

Mary Mata November 23, 2011

The majority of Mexicans that live in the United States are preparing to celebrate the so-called “Turkey Day,” a symbol of when the Europeans arrived and were met by the […]

Thank God For Republicans, Black Friday And My Identity Crisis

Mary Mata November 22, 2011

Soon we will all be gathered around the table of brotherhood detailing what we are most grateful for…then a couple of hours later, after emerging from a stagnant turkey coma, […]

Digitally Documenting The Immigrant Experience

Mary Mata November 21, 2011

The Immigrant Archive Project was started to preserve the stories of immigrants in the U.S. and lets people tell their own tales of struggle and triumph in a new country. […]

NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Nov. 13 – 19, 2011

Mary Mata November 19, 2011

Hey NewsTaco readers, just wanted to give you the head’s up on some great stories we had this week. Everything from great pastries to great tragedies made it to our […]

Latino Men Are Always The Most Critical Of Me

Mary Mata November 18, 2011

The people that get most upset about what I write are almost always Latino men. I’m not stereotyping or exaggerating — this is simply a fact. Nearly all of the […]

Happy Friday From Ruido Rosa!

Mary Mata November 11, 2011

This burgeoning Mexico City quartet has got a classic rock sound in which influences of Led Zeppelin and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs can be heard. They started to gain attention after winning […]

No One Is “Illegal,” Tell The Associated Press

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I don’t need to signal my bias, I’ve never hidden it – I deplore the word “illegal” when used in referenced to undocumented workers in the United States. I use it only […]

Of Confederate Flags, Slavery, Treason And Patriotism

Mary Mata November 10, 2011

By Dustin Mendus Flags are remarkably simple things. They are pieces of colored fabric occasionally with symbols adorning them, generally in a rectangular shape — sans the few odd flags […]