Checalamovie: ¿Cual Película se va a Ganar el Oscar?

Checalamovie: ¿Cual Película se va a Ganar el Oscar?

NewsTaco February 25, 2011

by Teresa Garza from checalamovie where this post first appeared. La ceremonia de los Oscares, presentada por la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas en su edición 83, se llevará […]

America’s Open Arms

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by Melissa del Bosque from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. The Romanian WASR-10 assault rifle is a cheap, reliable killing machine. Since 2006, more than 500 […]

What Does Fox News Want From Latinos?

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by Giovanni Rodriguez from ClickZ.com where this post first appeared. Sometime last fall – just a few weeks before the mid-term election – News Corp. quietly launched a site called […]

Exactly What is the Tequila Party Selling?

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Remember the Tequila Party? OK, that’s not the best way to make a point: which one? …some of it? I didn’t mean THAT Tequila Party, I meant the political one, […]

Latinos Are Like Population Penicillin

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There’s a big chunk of America where more people are dying than being born, and you can put a stack of chips on the square that says that chunk has […]

U.S. Needs 14 Million Latinos With Degrees By 2025

Mary Mata February 24, 2011

The U.S. will need one million Latinos with four- and two-year degrees for the next 14 years to catch up to goals set by non-profits and organizations like the Hispanic […]

Ecuadorian Abuelita Takes Down Chevron

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Oil giant Chevron was ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to pay $9.5 billion in fines and damages after decades of polluting parts of that country where María Aguinda and her […]

No Smoking In Honduras — Anywhere

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Honduras just passed a law that bans smoking pretty much everywhere — even in your own home if someone reports they were bothered by your smoking. The law does not […]

Low-Grade Mexican Marijuana is for Latinos

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I can’t stop laughing long enough to be outraged. Wait…no, nope, can’t muster a frown. Turns out some schmuck in Los Angeles thinks that pot from Mexico is targeted to […]

Mi (My) Doctor and the Affordable Care Act

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[Editor’s Note: Juan Flores is Executive Director of La Fe Policy Research and Education Center, in San Antonio, TX.] by Juan Flores My wife and I recently changed doctors and […]