Texas Group Aims To “Smuggle” Latino Literature Back Into AZ

Texas Group Aims To “Smuggle” Latino Literature Back Into AZ

Mary Mata January 25, 2012

The video shows a man hanging out in front of the trunk of a car filled with books you may recognize, books about Latinos, books written by Latinos. He says […]

Poetry May Not Be About Money, But It’s About Much More

Mary Mata

When I was living or traveling in different countries, I would tell everyone I met that I was a poet. Almost every time, the person inquiring about me seemed genuinely […]

Albondigas, Or Mexican Meatball Soup

Mary Mata

By Melissa Pitts As I have said in previous posts, if I could choose my last meal is would be a big bowl of soup. I can eat it any […]

State Of The Union: Game On!

NewsTaco

Think of the President’s State of the Union speech as the opening whistle in the 2012 presidential sweepstakes. Until the moment before President Obama entered the U.S. House chamber to […]

Obama’s DREAM Act Promise Could Help Millions Of Youth

Mary Mata

“We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people […]

Romney’s Self Deportation Rhetoric Is Offensive To Latinos

Mary Mata

By Eliseo Medina, SEIU Has Mitt Romney forgotten that Latinos speak English as well as Spanish? How else can he explain his double talk when it comes to the Latino […]

A Satirical Take On Romney’s Spanish “Nosotros” TV Ad

Mary Mata January 24, 2012

(PNS reporting from the CAYMAN ISLANDS) — Addressing complaints from English-speaking voters that his new Spanish-language Nosotros TV commercial was Greek to them, Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign today released a subtitled version of […]

In NYC, Pop-Up Playgrounds Get Kids Physically Active

Mary Mata

The prevalence of obesity in United States children has reached epidemic proportions. The most recent national estimates suggest that the prevalence of at-risk-for-overweight continues to remain alarmingly high, with no signs of […]

Tucson Students Walk Out Over Mexican American Studies Ban

Mary Mata

High school students in Tucson, Arizona walked out of their classrooms Monday in protest over the ban on Mexican American studies in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) recently. NewsTaco […]

Anti-“Gay Conversion” Activist Now Health Minister In Ecuador

Mary Mata

Carina Vance Mafla, is set to take the reins as Ecuador’s new health minister this week, this is particularly salient because she is also a lesbian and has advocated for […]