Alabama Has Thrown The Baby Out With The Bath Water
Alabama Has Thrown The Baby Out With The Bath Water
If I were living in Alabama, which I’m not, I’d probably be among the many Latinos of that state who are packing their tiliches (stuff), pulling their roots and moving […]
Occupy Wall Street Movement Begins To Get Organized
There’s an ongoing protest that started last month — or did it start when the recession began? — in New York City called Occupy Wall Street. The protest has been […]
Latino Childhood Poverty Sets Record
The headline across the top of a Pew Hispanic Center press release is ominous: The Toll of the Great Recession. The body of the story doesn’t get any better. More Latino […]
Obama Enunciates Spanish, Latino Voter Outreach Strategy
So my favorite part of President Barack Obama’s Latino roundtable yesterday was how wonderfully he pronounced “Puerto Rico” and “Calderón” when answering questions that came from the readers and viewers […]
More Latino Children In Poverty Than Any Other Group
By The Pew Hispanic Center The spread of poverty across the United States that began at the onset of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and accelerated last year hit one fast-growing […]
5 Tips To Improve Your Job Search
If you’re Latino and looking for a job you’re 1 in 10 (actually you’re 1.1 in 10, I rounded). This recession has been harder on Latinos than it has on […]
Is Immigration About Jobs, Humans Or Business?
By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — A diversity of thought and ideas about the economics of immigration reform informed a panel Sunday at the Texas Tribune Festival. The panel […]
Steve Murdock: Educating Latinos Vital To Future Of U.S.
By Zach Gonzalez Austin, Texas — With a great presentation of the United States population change and immigration, renown demographer Steve H. Murdock had the opportunity to end the Texas […]
NewsTaco Weekly Roundup, September 18-24, 2011
Redistricting was a big part of our coverage early this week, we had a story about how a Latino Republican seems to have lied about his role in the redistricting […]
Brazil, U.S. Should Work Together Towards 21st Century Goals
By Zach Gonzalez Brazil, an emerging global economic power, has a lot to teach the world about leadership, according to U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon. He engaged the […]