What People Of Color Have At Stake In Wisconsin

What People Of Color Have At Stake In Wisconsin

Mary Mata March 9, 2011

Images of Latino, Native American, Black, and Asian Wisconsinites are proving elusive in the media coverage of the fight for workers’ rights beyond a recent appearance by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. […]

Se Me Pasó El Tren: Confessions Of An Unmarried Latino

Mary Mata

I’m a reasonably attractive, smart and ambitious 31 year-old Latino currently pursuing a master’s degree. Oh, and I’m single. For my Mexican family, this is a concern, and as time […]

Latino Children are Now the Majority in California

NewsTaco

The Census numbers are out for California and there’re two big stories to talk about; first, that Latino children are now the majority in California, and second, that as Latinos […]

Can You Imagine a Latino President of the US?

Mary Mata

[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. I recently mentioned […]

News Taco To Go: Dead Kids, NPR, Libya, Ché And Juárez Violence

Mary Mata

Seven children aged 7 months to 11 were killed in a barn fire in a Mennonite community in Pennsylvania. A former NPR executive was taped by the same guy who […]

Obama’s Choice: Appoint a Latino Secretary of Commerce

NewsTaco March 8, 2011

Here’s a choice to ponder. We can either complain about how we’re not taken seriously, or we can take ourselves seriously. We’ve been talking a pretty big game about the […]

Puerto Rico Suffering Heavy Brain Drain

Mary Mata

A new report from the Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics) has found that the island nation is suffering some pretty heavy brain drain and […]

The Daily Beast: No U.S. Latinas Are Awesome

Mary Mata

Well, maybe except for one, Dara Torres, which The Daily Beast included on its list of “150 Women Who Shake The World.” The list includes actresses like Mia Farrow, Angelina […]

Despite Growing Employment Latinos Lack Job Security

NewsTaco

The recent news that the unemployment rate had dipped below nine percent has been both a sigh of relief and a reason to cheer, especially among those who found work. […]

Latinos Changing Small Town America

NewsTaco

The weekly unfolding of Census numbers has been fun to watch. Every day there’s more concrete evidence of the wide-spread Latino growth and presence across the US.  Places that we generally regard […]