Tennessee School District To Parents: Show Us Your Papers
Tennessee School District To Parents: Show Us Your Papers
There’s a requirement in the Shelby County School District, in Memphis, Tennessee, that says that parents or guardians have to show a driver’s license or government issued ID in order […]
What Was Your “Apodo” When You Were A Kid?
So I’m walking through the cereal aisle at the grocery store last night and I see one of those impulse-buy displays that hang from the end of the racks; it […]
Bicultural Bliss: 10 Benefits of Biculturalism
Yesterday, I was reading a post from Multilingual Living and I couldn’t help but smile. I loved Corey’s “10 Reasons Why You Should Marry a Foreigner“! I can’t say that every […]
Dangerous Fake Antibiotics Aimed At Latinos
They’re dietary supplements, but they have names that resemble antibiotics in Latin America and they’re being sold in pharmacies across Texas. So far the scam has resulted in 2 known hospitalizations. Yahoo News […]
Checa LA Movie: Spotlight On Latinos At Cannes
La edición 64 del Festival de Cine más importante del mundo: el de Cannes, arrancó espectacular, como siempre; pero en esta ocasión las estrellas latinas acapararon los reflectores. Salma Hayek […]
Arnold Fathered Child With A Latina
It didn’t take long for gossip magazines to follow the trail left after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced their separation. The fractured marriage dominated the headlines for days and grew louder […]
Comedy Central Taps Latino As Contributor for Daily Show
The newest cast member of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show is a Latino named Al Madrigal, a Los Angeles based comic whose work was described in an official press statement: The New York Times […]
$3.7 Million To Bridge The New Digital Divide
The US Commerce Department is putting money directly into Latino communities across the country to bridge the new digital divide. We’ve written about this at News Taco; Latinos access the Internet mostly through their mobile […]
Education Rights Groups Call For Admitting More Latinos To US Universities
A group of Latino higher education advocates wants to take affirmative action and turn it up a couple of notches. The group met at the Higher Education for Latinos Conference in Phoenix, […]
Third Suspect In Brisenia Flores Murder to Be Tried
The last of the three defendants charged in the murder of nine-year-old Brisenia Flores is scheduled to go to trial on June 1st. But the defendant’s lawyers have filed motions […]
