Thousands Converge in Austin, TX, to Protest Immigration Bill

Thousands Converge in Austin, TX, to Protest Immigration Bill

NewsTaco February 24, 2011

The outrage is spreading. We first reported weeks ago about the rash of state level immigration bills that was spreading across the country and about how these bills were no […]

Latinos Rally in Utah: It’s About More Than Immigration

NewsTaco

It’s about giving a form and a face to an issue and standing up to what Latinos know is behind the politics of immigration. In Utah they’ve been moved to […]

NewsTaco To Go: Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Gays, PTSD And Wisconsin

Mary Mata

Wisconsin lawmakers have agreed to put an end to debating the bill that would strip state employees of collective bargaining rights, a vote could come as soon as noon. GOP […]

Cell Phones Frying Latino Brains

Mary Mata February 23, 2011

It’s true. That cell phone you’re using is frying your brain —at least according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health. The study found that 50 minute […]

Re-Writing Civil War History From Slavery To States’ Rights

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: This story, written by David Martin Davies, was originally published by the Texas Observer] EVERY YEAR, AROUND FEB.19, a crowd of tourists gathers in front of the Alamo to […]

Hate Crime Killers Get 9 Years In Pennsylvania

Mary Mata

Two Pennsylvania men convicted of the hate crime killing of immigrant Luis Ramirez were sentenced to 9 years in prison each today. Derrick Donchak and Brandon Piekarsky were convicted on […]

Chef Michael Reciepe: Low-Fat Watermelon Tres Leches

NewsTaco

Low-Fat Watermelon Tres Leches Yields 1‒13″ x 9″ cake 1 cup watermelon “water” ‒ See note 1 store bought white cake mix (Duncan Hines© Moist Deluxe was used when creating […]

The Barbara Jordan Cure

Mary Mata

by Bob Moser from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. I was 12 when I fell for Ronald Reagan. It was the spring of 1976, when the […]

VIDEO: David Montejano on the History of the Chicano Movement

NewsTaco

We pick up where we left off. UC Berkeley Professor David Montejano sat with NewsTaco to chat about his new book “Quixote’s Soldier’s– A Local History of the Chicano Movement, […]

NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Earthquake, Unions, Rahm In Chicago And Yemen

Mary Mata

Hundreds or even up to 1,000 protestors have been killed in Libya, where pro-government forces continue to clash with protestors, who have secured the eastern half of the country. Meanwhile, […]