Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy

Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy

NewsTaco February 21, 2011

There’s a lot to be said about the Latino can-do, si se puede spirit. Give us a chance, we’ll take it and make things happen. We know that, but it […]

Texas, U.S. Must Adjust To New Latino Majority

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary from Professor Roberto R. Calderón, Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. He previously appeared on NewsTaco commenting […]

Lakers Key To NBA’s Latino Marketing Strategy

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

Latinos across the country — and even outside of it — love the Los Angeles Lakers. So much so, in fact, that the NBA’s Latino marketing strategy is centered around […]

Latinos Set To Grow In The Census — But Who Cares?

Mary Mata

Latinos are going to be big in the Census, as we’ve reported, but one writer says this is irrelevant. Miguel Perez writes that, every time the Census comes out the […]

NewsTaco To Go: Cure For Baldness, Middle East, Immigration, Babies And Gays

Mary Mata

Scientists may have accidentally discovered the cure for baldness, at least baldness due to stress. The researchers were studying stress-related stomach problems by injecting mice with a stress-blocking compound, which had the […]

Budget Cuts May Mean Less Latino College Grads

Mary Mata February 16, 2011

States across the country are slashing budgets left and right in an effort to deal with the recession, one unfortunate outcome may be less Latinos able to attend college. The […]

NewsTaco To Go: Books, Balding, Budget, The Border and PATRIOT Act

Mary Mata

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot in Mexico City; Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata was killed and the other is in a hospital recovering. Borders book store […]

NewsTaco To Go: Budget, Middle East, Narco Sub, Prices and Germs

Mary Mata February 15, 2011

Lots of talk about the budget, the Middle East is still all aflutter with activity, prices are going up, authorities in Colombia found a drug submarine and men’s homes are […]

NewsTaco To Go: Budget, Loans, Energy Drinks, Pills and Heart Disease

Mary Mata February 14, 2011

Top story this morning is that President Barack Obama released a budget, meanwhile Latinos have a hard time accessing loans, there’s bad news about energy drinks, heart disease ravages Latinas […]

Where’s All The Color In Silicon Valley, Tech?

Mary Mata February 11, 2011

In an absolutely brilliant post titled “Startup America Should Look Like America” by Kalimah Priforce the brazen lack of anyone of color in Silicon Valley and tech startups is throughly […]