UT Professor: Blacks & Latinos Can’t Compete with Whites

UT Professor: Blacks & Latinos Can’t Compete with Whites

Mary Mata December 10, 2012

By Cord Jefferson, Gawker [Photo courtesy utexas.edu] Click on picture to read story.  

Pro-immigrant GOP Group Slams Ann Coulter for Anti-Latino Bigotry

Mary Mata

PRESS RELEASE An Open Letter to Ann Coulter: Marshall, MN – We demand an immediate apology for your latest anti-Latino and anti-immigrant rant titled “America Nears el Tipping Pointo.” Also […]

Latinos & Fiscal Cliff: Taxes on Wealthy Must be Included

Mary Mata

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions The 2012 presidential election was barely over when Republicans correctly surmised that their outreach to Latino voters was anemic and they better change course.  The […]

Remembering the Late Jenni Rivera: ‘La Diva de la Banda’

Mary Mata

By Veronique de Miguel, Voxxi The tragedy that struck the Mexican music community early Sunday morning when 43-year-old Mexican singer Jenni Rivera’s plane crashed in Mexico, shortly after takeoff. There seems to […]

November Employment Numbers are Better, But Not For Latinos

NewsTaco December 7, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The official Bureau of Labor Statistics summary, released this morning, paints a picture that many people are feeling good about: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 […]

Fiscal Cliff Talks: Latino Education May Slide Further

Mary Mata

By Curt Werner, Voxxi Much was made during the presidential campaign that the economic downturn and to a large extent the nation’s tax structure combined to yield unprecedented economic disparity between […]

As CO2 Increases, So Too Must Latino Voices

Mary Mata

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco In talking about dealing with climate change, there are generally two categories:  mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation focuses more on reducing or preventing the effects. These are […]

Baseball or Béisbol? (Part 2)

Mary Mata December 6, 2012

By Cheech Marin, Huffington Post Latino Voices PART TWO Whatever was happening in America was happening on the baseball field. Whether it was more and more Negroes or long hair […]

Low Teacher Salaries in Texas Might be Affecting Quality of Education

Mary Mata

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi There are 32 states in the nation with higher pay scales for teachers when compared to Texas, and that low rate of teacher salaries may be why […]

Not All Things That Can Be Counted Count

Mary Mata

By Victor Escalante, NewsTaco   Years ago Steve attended one of my Emotional Intelligence classes at UTEP. His company had sent him with the warning that if he did not […]