Las 10 Mejores Películas del 2010 – Teresa Garza

Las 10 Mejores Películas del 2010 – Teresa Garza

NewsTaco January 7, 2011

El cine es muy subjetivo. Cada persona le da distinta interpretación a cada escena. Por eso por mas de que diga que traté de ser totalmente objetiva, mentiría. De alguna […]

Dia de Reyes, Feast of the Aha!

NewsTaco January 6, 2011

Televisa, Mexico’s behemoth broadcasting company, had live helicopter-view images of the Tepito marked in Mexico City last night, at midnight. Hundreds of thousands of people packed block after block of […]

Telling the Digital Latino Story

NewsTaco January 3, 2011

I LOVE THIS STORY! OK, I’m biased. I love storytelling and I love taking down the walls of stereotypes. This story does both.  An organization called Mobile Voices is putting […]

¡Feliz Año Nuevo! A mischivous New Year’s Memory

NewsTaco December 31, 2010

I learned to smoke cigarettes on new year’s eve. When I was a boy I was low-man of the rather large Landa-cousin gang that convened on family gatherings and special […]

30 Years Later, the First Latina Drum Major at Notre Dame

NewsTaco December 29, 2010

Many of you college football fans already know this, but Notre Dame is playing in the Sun Bowl, in El Paso, this year. That fact induced a local TV station […]

Latinos Lead Technology Purchases In U.S.

Mary Mata December 27, 2010

A super duper interesting article from Advertising Age this week showed that Latinos (Hispanics) own or plan to own new technology at a higher rate than other groups. Basically, the […]

An Unexpected Christmas is Best

NewsTaco December 25, 2010

I spent part of last week, like most of us, wading through the crowds and Christmas commerce. I’m not the type to do my Christmas shopping with a list and […]

Pocha Christmas Memories

Mary Mata December 24, 2010

My family is from South Texas, the border, but I grew up in L.A. I remember really clearly growing up how strange all my cousins seemed to me when I’d […]

Getting “The Look” For Speaking Spanish In Public

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

Do you ever get “the look” when you speak Spanish in public? You know what I mean. You’re out in public with your family or friends, telling a funny story […]

Teen Latina Birth Rates Lowest In 20 Years

Mary Mata

According to new Centers for Disease Control information, the teenage Latina pregnancy rate is the lowest it’s been in two decades. In a report, the CDC found that teenage Latina […]