Will Latinos Boycott Baseball’s All-Star Game?

Will Latinos Boycott Baseball’s All-Star Game?

NewsTaco July 5, 2011

Should Latino players boycott Major League Baseball’s highest profile game of the year? Next to the deciding game of the World Series, the MLB All-Star Game is probably the most […]

¡Happy Cuatro!

NewsTaco July 4, 2011

I spent some time last night with my Dad watching Texas Ranger baseball on the TV. He’s been around for more than 90 of the U.S.’s 235 years, and he’s […]

I Was Dumped After I Was Laid Off

Mary Mata June 30, 2011

Dear Martha, I have lived with my partner for the six years since I arrived from Mexico, we are lesbians and she has two children whom I have raised and […]

The Top 5 Instances Of “Ay!”

Mary Mata June 28, 2011

Recently I was having a conversation with my friend Tova and I began to tell her about the power of the non-verbal “ay.” She did not believe me entirely, so […]

Latina Army Wife Quits Job To Be With Husband On Leave

Mary Mata

UPDATE: Wells Fargo Spokesman Joe Stroop told News Taco that the company is working with Mendez to find a mutually beneficial resolution to this issue. Cynthia Mendez was forced to […]

News Taco To Go: Latino Students, Babies, Immigrants & More

Mary Mata June 24, 2011

Georgia Sees Immigrant Farmworkers Aren’t So Replaceable Half Of Male Grads Of Color End Up in Jail, Jobless Or Dead White Babies In Minority, Latinos Growing On Both Coasts Outed […]

Thoughts On America As The Future Mother Of A Non-White Baby

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

So I neither have children, nor am I pregnant. Despite these minor details, I do hope one day to make babies and race through my own familial bliss. But as […]

How To Live With An Absentee Father?

Mary Mata

Question: This past Father’s Day was one of the most depressing I’ve ever experienced. How do I explain to my friends that I don’t know my father and that he […]

White Babies In Minority, Latinos Growing On Both Coasts

Mary Mata

The big news this morning is that white babies are now in the minority, while non-white babies make up the majority currently being born in the United States. We’ve written […]

All The Reasons I Don’t Need To Have Children

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

The biggest mystery to me is that evolution children go through when they are still babies. I do not even know how to hold them. I usually hold them like […]