Network Security Perfect Field For Latinos In The U.S.

Network Security Perfect Field For Latinos In The U.S.

Mary Mata February 14, 2011

By Daniel Esquivel Network security is a great field for Latinos in the U.S. to work in for lots of reasons, not only because it’s what I do, but because […]

White House Names San Antonio Latina to Key Post

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Special to News Taco by Ginger Hall Carnes. President Barack Obama has nominated the President of Palo Alto College, in San Antonio, Texas, to the National Security Education Board. Dr. Ana […]

How Latinos Are Redefining America

NewsTaco February 10, 2011

A correction I find myself making often, especially to those who don’t agree with my particular point of view, is that the term Latino does not refer to a race. […]

Obama’s DREAM Act Support Too Little, Too Late

Mary Mata February 9, 2011

After ignoring the DREAM Act for the bulk of his first term in office, and now that it’s far too late with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, President Barack Obama […]

Do You Have To Speak Spanish To Be A “Real” Latino?

Mary Mata February 8, 2011

You know it, and I know it, even though you may never have heard anyone say it out loud. You’re only a “real” Latino (substitute Chicano, Mexican, Salvadoran, Boricua, etc.) […]

America Has Already Changed; It’s a Three-Year-Old’s World

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The New York times reports that, according to the US Census, less than half of all three year-olds in the United States are white. Hold on to your sombreros, kindergartens […]

Spanish Is The Most Important Foreign Language In U.S.

Mary Mata February 7, 2011

I can’t believe I missed this one, but back in December The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof wrote a column in which he said that learning Chinese is great, but […]

U.S. To Have Most Spanish Speakers By 2050

Mary Mata February 1, 2011

By the year 2050, the United States will have the highest population of Spanish speakers, said one expert recently, and 10% of the entire world will speak Spanish. Cuban academic Humberto […]

Group Hopes To Save Ethnic Studies In Arizona

Mary Mata January 31, 2011

Save Ethnic Studies, Inc. is a non-profit organization that recently started in Arizona to help challenge HB 2281, the state’s new anti-ethnic studies (or, more appropriately, Chicano Studies) law that […]

Latino Deficiency in Science is More Than Sputnik Moment

NewsTaco January 27, 2011

“Fifty-eight percent of Hispanic 12th-grade students scored below basic” proficiency in math and science. The quote was taken from a story published in the chron.com about dismal science scores across […]