Minorities Seen as Having Advantage to Access Higher Education

Minorities Seen as Having Advantage to Access Higher Education

NewsTaco April 6, 2011

I’m coming at this from two distinct points of view: one, I have two kids in college; and two, I teach at a local community college. On the one hand, […]

Bien Hecho: Puerto Rican Students Win NASA Moonbuggy Race

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

Students from Puerto Rico took the top prizes in the high school and college division in the NASA Great Moonbuggy Race this year. The teams came from Teodoro Aguilar Mora […]

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 […]

No Habla Español: The Trouble With Not Speaking Spanish

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Yvonne Condes is a blogger in LA, YvonneinLA, and her work is reposted here with permission.] There are so many times when I regret not speaking better Spanish. […]

Latino Business And The U.S. Census

NewsTaco

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 […]

Obama Woos Latinos, Ignores Them At The Same Time

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

My colleague Victor Landa wrote a great piece on Latinos and the ways in which President Obama is trying to outreach to them yesterday. Here’s an excerpt: The president chose to talk […]

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 […]

VIDEO: Obama and Latino Education

NewsTaco March 29, 2011

The President went on Univision last night to talk directly to Latinos about education. We’re glad he did. But is that enough? And what comes next? The truth is that […]

Obama on Spanish TV: Jiu Jitsu or Sleight-of-Hand?

NewsTaco

How many of you watched President Obama’s town hall meeting on Univision? I ask because a report in The Hill names the Spanish language broadcaster as an influencer in the […]

DREAMERS: The New “Coming Out”

NewsTaco March 28, 2011

The term has been synonymous with the gay rights movement, but recently college students have appropriated the idea and applied it to their immigration status. It’s become a deliberate “thing” that aims to put […]