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Mary Mata September 10, 2012

Monday September 10, 2012 Hispanic voters projected to make up 8% of Colorado electorate (The Denver Post): A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies projects that Hispanic voters will […]

First Mexican American Delegate From Tennessee Is Newly Minted Citizen

NewsTaco September 6, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Ivan Serna is  an unlikely delegate to the Democratic National Convention, but he doesn’t see it that way. He’s the first Mexican-American delegate from the state of […]

Undocumented Immigrant Makes History At DNC

Mary Mata

By Latinovations Benita Veliz became the first-ever undocumented immigrant to speak at a national party convention Wednesday night when she introduced talk show host Cristina Saralegui at the Democratic National […]

Undocubus Arrives In Charlotte, Protesters Taken Into Custody

NewsTaco September 5, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco One block from the entrance to the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte North Carolina, one hour before the Democratic National Convention was to begin last Tuesday, ten undocumented persons laid out a large sloganed tarp in […]

Julian Castro Is All The Buzz In Charlotte

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Victor Landa, NewsTaco There were Julian Castro sightings early in the afternoon. Some members of the San Antonio delegation saw him on his way to a workout; some elected officials had him looking […]

Julian Castro or Michelle Obama–Who Succeeded at the DNC?

Mary Mata

Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Some people get excited by football.  I hoot and holler and jump on my couch during key speeches such as last night’s at the Democratic National Convention. […]

Is 2012 The Last Gasp For The Republican Party?

Mary Mata

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco             Some pundits, I will count myself among this group, have begun declaring that this presidential election will be the last one where the Republican […]

Hispanic Barbie Running For President!

Mary Mata September 4, 2012

Hispanic Barbie Running for President! Is She a Democrat or a Republican….. hmmmm From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio Thanks to ace cultural studies detective Sarah Gould for pointing this […]

Mayor Julián Castro Delivers More Than A Keynote For My Family

Mary Mata

By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco The Alamo City’s mayor’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention is all the buzz today. As a resident of San Antonio, TX, I am very […]

Dimension And Democrats

Mary Mata

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino Now that the Republican national convention has gone into the books as one the least effective political gatherings in American history, come now the Democrats to […]