KKK Recruiting In Oklahoma Doesn’t Go So Well

KKK Recruiting In Oklahoma Doesn’t Go So Well

Mary Mata January 10, 2012

An attempt by members of the United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, to recruit new “knights” ended up doing a bit of the opposite, […]

Prevent Costly Medical Errors, Take Control Of Your Healthcare

Mary Mata

As many serious medical errors happen in the outpatient setting (doctors’ offices) as in hospitals. Invasive and high-technology diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are increasingly being performed in the outpatient setting […]

The Grand Canyon To Be Protected From Uranium Mining

Mary Mata

In what is a defining moment, the Obama administration announced this week measures that will protect the Grand Canyon from future mining activities on over a million acres of public […]

1 In 10 Hawaiians Is Latino

Mary Mata

One in 10 Hawaii in residence identifies as a Latino, according to a recent report, this represents an increase of 38% since the year 2000. The Latino population in Hawaii […]

For The GOP, Failing On Immigration Means Failing At The Polls

Mary Mata

By Eliseo Medina Republicans seem to be suffering from a case of political amnesia. There is no other explanation for their continued bashing of immigrants. Tim Tancredo’s anti-immigrant campaign went […]

Pocho.com’s Week In Ñews: Iowa, Chihuahuas, Looking “Mexican”

Mary Mata January 9, 2012

Hatred of the poor edged out racism and homophobia in the Iowa GOP caucuses, a Fresno man was mauled by chihuahuas and died of shame, and the attempt to repeal […]

Guapura 101: Use Olive Oil To Remove Makeup, Exfoliate

Mary Mata

By Dania Zarate, La Beauty Pie It’s the new year — time for a fresh start, for new goals for resolutions and kicking bad habits out of our lives. I […]

Obama’s Labor Appointments Are Long Overdue

Mary Mata

By René Lara, Political and Legislative Director of the Texas AFL-CIO President Barack Obama recently  appointed three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the government agency that is supposed […]

Latino Civil Rights Figures: Rubén Salazar

Mary Mata

Rubén Salazar was born in 1928 in Ciudad Juárez,, Mexico. Through his journalism career in El Paso and later Los Angeles, Salazar became the first Mexican-American to cover the Chicano community […]

I’m 32 And All My Friends Are Married But Me

Mary Mata

Dear Martha: I’m 32 and all of my friends are getting married.  I’m depressed because I feel like I’ll never find a boyfriend. All I do is work and then […]