Hispanic College Students Key To Obama Education Goal Success

Hispanic College Students Key To Obama Education Goal Success

Mary Mata May 10, 2012

By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi Hispanic college students underscore an audacious goal that President Obama set in 2009: he wanted the United States to become the top-ranked country in the world, with […]

Youth Take on Budget Cuts “We Want Fully Funded Schools”

NewsTaco May 7, 2012

By Hector Bojorquez and Aurelio M. Montemayor, IDRA It was a mild October evening, so the meeting was held outside in the yard in part of the gravel driveway and the […]

The Affirmative Action Trap

Mary Mata

By Esther J. Cepeda, V0xxi CHICAGO — This fall the Supreme Court will hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a case that could decide the fate of racial preferences in […]

Friday’s Cartoon: Graduating into Debt

Mary Mata May 4, 2012

By Khalil Bendib, Other Voices  Award-winning Berkeley-based editorial cartoonist Khalil Bendib’s cartoons are regularly featured in dozens of small and mid-size newspapers across the country, and they can be viewed […]

Memories of an unpopular riot

Mary Mata May 2, 2012

By Oscar Barajas It has been two decades since that Wednesday in April when Los Angeles went through either a civil unrest or a riot – it all depends on […]

The Class Of 2012’s Choice

Mary Mata May 1, 2012

By David Elliot, Other Words Millions of college graduates will soon walk across the stage to accept their diplomas. Given the harsh reality of today’s economy, here’s the commencement speech […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco April 24, 2012

Tuesday April 24, 2012 Democrats have work to do to encourage voter turnout (Austin American-Statesman): “Everyone talks about the ‘sleeping giant of the Latino community,’ but the sleeping giant will not wake […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When Eva Longoria was unveiled as one of co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the reaction among the national press corps was the usual rolling of the […]

9 Latinos In TIME Magazine´s 100 Most Influential

Mary Mata April 20, 2012

By Paloma Corredor, Voxxi  TIME Magazine has released its annual list of the100 most influential people, and for the first time, the majority of the list is non-white. And nine of the top 100 are […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Friday, April 20, 2012 Obama camp launches Latino push, hits Romney: With both sides eying one of the fastest-growing blocs in the American electorate, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Wednesday […]