Latino Salt Lake County Mayor Candidate Wants To Rep Everyone

Latino Salt Lake County Mayor Candidate Wants To Rep Everyone

Mary Mata December 21, 2011

Ross Romero has lived a set of several different lives in his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah. Recently, he told NewsTaco that his varied experience in his hometown —  […]

How to Make Tamales Norteños

Mary Mata

By Melissa Pitts Tamales are the Christmas food. Every year we see them on our Christmas Eve dinner table (or breakfast in my house!) and every year, they bring me […]

Navajo Congressional Candidate Focused On Jobs In Arizona

Mary Mata

Wenona Benally Baldenegro  would be the first Navajo woman to serve in Congress  if elected to congressional district 1,  in 2012. The district encompasses Flagstaff, as well as 11 Indian […]

Tale Of Latinos In Two Connecticut Cities

NewsTaco

If you take I-95 east, from New Haven, Connecticut, it’s hard to tell where that city ends and East Haven begins. But if you’re Latino you’d do well to know […]

How To Make Tamales, The NewsTaco Way

Mary Mata December 20, 2011

How do you plan a modern tamalada? We are all busy, and have also said things to do, but this time of year is still a great time to get […]

Latino Congress Candidate Wants Prosperity Along The Border

Mary Mata

Pete Gallego describes his decision to run for the 23rd Congressional District of Texas as a personal one. “Me decía mi abuela que uno no puede quejar si no quiere […]

TX, Chicago Latinos Affected By EPA Mercury Regulations

Mary Mata

By Robert Crowe The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce new rules for mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants. Anticipation of the rules sparked a […]

California, DC, NYC Come Out On Top With Latino Foundation Funding

Mary Mata

The Foundation Center in conjunction with Hispanics in Philanthropy published a report recently titled, “Foundation Funding for Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and for Latin America.”  The report looked at […]

Bien Hecho: Raúl Borbón, Activist And Educator

Mary Mata

In late November, the Latino community of Pasadena, California lost an ardent and tireless advocate of immigrant and education rights, Raúl Borbón.  After a yearlong battle with cancer, he passed […]

The Republican Party Is Just Not For Latinos

Mary Mata

Today’s offering was supposed to be about what it would mean for the United States if we had a woman president and I was going to use Argentina as a […]