Spanglish: “Right” Or “Wrong”?

Spanglish: “Right” Or “Wrong”?

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

The fact that we even ask this question shows our prejudice. Language, like all things, is continually growing and changing. “Proper” Spanish and English neither came about in a single […]

News Taco To Go: Basketball, Radiation, Cuba, Geraldine Ferraro And Libya

Mary Mata

The Final Four in March Madness were unpredictable, but they are: Kentucky, Connecticut, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth. Radiation in Japan is spread to the soil and seawater, even as workers continue […]

Actual Anchor Baby Operation Found In LA

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

An actual “anchor baby” operation was recently shut down outside of Los Angeles, California involving pregnant Chinese women who paid to receive pre- and post-natal care and have their babies […]

Checa LA Movie’s Latino Stories From Hollywood: Danny Trejo

Mary Mata

Ya hemos hablado de Danny Trejo en un par de ocasiones. Cuando su película “Machete”, y recientemente cuando salió a la venta el DVD de “Death Race 2”. En ambas […]

Pressures On Latinas For The Perfect Body

Mary Mata

by Christina Saenz The recent case of 17-year-old Dominique Ramirez brought to light of how Latinas experience sexist sizeism in ways that are similar to yet differ from white women. Dominique won […]

51% of Border Patrol Agents Set to Retire by 2012

NewsTaco

This puts a whole new spin on the question “Who’s minding the store?” While some legislators in Washington and in state capitols across the country are calling for stronger border […]

Mexico Journalists Sign Narco-Violence Coverage Pact

NewsTaco

What is it that they say about strength and numbers? 40 Mexican media groups that represent more than 700 newspapers, television and radio stations gathered for what looked like a […]

News Taco To Go: Libya, Border, Japan, Census and School Shooting

Mary Mata

Libya’s airspace has been secured with the no-fly zone. Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano swears that security on the U.S. border is “better than it’s ever been.” Japan […]

City Bans Smoking Paraphernalia, Opens Door For Latino Harassment

Mary Mata March 24, 2011

The City of Corpus Christi, Texas passed an ordinance that would ban anything that could be used to smoke illegal substances on February 8; the ordinance banned pipes but allows […]

Latino Students Majority In Texas

Mary Mata

Texas — like California and Arizona — is seeing huge Latino gains in its population. The majority of students in Texas are now Latino, making up 50.2% of the 4.9 […]