Latinos Earn Less Than Whites, African-Americans

Latinos Earn Less Than Whites, African-Americans

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

A recent report by the Department of Labor released last week found that Hispanics earn less than whites or African Americans. Last week, La Plaza reported on some of the key […]

Anti-immigrant Sentiment: An American Diversity Gauntlet

NewsTaco

You have to read this opinion piece in the New York Times, and put it in that memory place where you store things that make sense and are useful when […]

By the Numbers: AZ-Type Law Would Devastate Florida

NewsTaco

Let’s call it the economic imperative; the argument against stringent immigration laws that had success in Arizona and Utah. The argument makes a case in favor of immigrants for a […]

VIDEO: Without Wireless Net Neutrality, Latinos Lose Big

Mary Mata April 4, 2011

We spoke recently to Amalia Deloney, who is the grassroots policy director for the Center for Media Justice. She talked to News Taco about Latinos For Internet Freedom, the importance of […]

Could Latinos Save Hollywood?

NewsTaco

When I was a kid in Nuevo Laredo I watched American movies, in English, with Spanish subtitles. It drove me crazy. I was perfectly fluent (and literate) in English and […]

Latino Business And The U.S. Census

NewsTaco April 1, 2011

Now that so much attention is being paid to the Latino community because of the results of the US Census it’s a good time to dig a little deeper, to […]

Unemployment Down, but not for Latinos

NewsTaco

This is a cliché good news-bad news story. The national unemployment rate has fallen to 8.8 percent. There were 216 thousand jobs added across the country in the month of […]

News Taco To Go: Unemployment, Oil, Food Dye, Wisconsin And Highway Deaths

Mary Mata

Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in two years, 8.8%, and workers were added to the economy faster in the past two months than any other time since the recession […]

Effects Of The Proposed Federal Budget Cuts On Latinos

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The Latino Print Network recently sent out an email newsletter detailing the effects of the 2011 proposed federal budget cuts on Latinos, we reproduce that information here.] Cuts […]

News Taco To Go: Oil, Jobs, Muslims, Walmart And Radiation

Mary Mata

President Obama is set to cut U.S. oil imports by 1/3 over the next decade due to unrest in the Middle East and rising prices. There were 201,000 jobs added […]