Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy

Latinos Are More Optimistic About the Economy

NewsTaco February 21, 2011

There’s a lot to be said about the Latino can-do, si se puede spirit. Give us a chance, we’ll take it and make things happen. We know that, but it […]

NewsTaco To Go: Libya, Wisconsin, Civility, Gulf Oil Spill And Gas Prices

Mary Mata

Protestors in Wisconsin spent a sixth day demanding that Republican Gov. Scott Walker negotiate before cutting unions’ powers to negotiate for workers. Unrest in the Middle East has caused oil prices to […]

Rural, Low-Income Neighborhoods Have Slower Internet

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

A survey from the U.S. Department of Commerce found that people in lower-income and rural areas of the U.S. tend to have slower Internet connections than their wealthier and urban […]

Citizenship And Latino Voting Eligibility

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: The following is a re-post written by Angelo Falcón with the National Institute for Latino Policy.] After factoring in voting age and citizenship status, in 2009 only 41 […]

Checalamovie – Historias Latinas con Sabor a Hollywood: Guillerrmo Navarro

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Nuestra historia Latina con sabor a Hollywood viene hoy acompañada de esa mágicas estatuillas dorada que reconoce el talento y el esfuerzo, en este caso en particular, de un hombre […]

Is “Newt’s World” Selling Snake Oil?

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I was wondering what he was up to. It’s just my natural journalist’s reaction, you can call it cynicism, I won’t debate the point. But when Newt Gingrich launched his […]

NewsTaco To Go: Census, Wisconsin Unions, Job Discrimination, Egypt And BP

Mary Mata

Census data released in Texas show that 89% of the state’s growth over the past decade was made up by minorities, specifically Latinos. Wisconsin has been taken over by pro-union protestors, […]

Lakers Key To NBA’s Latino Marketing Strategy

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

Latinos across the country — and even outside of it — love the Los Angeles Lakers. So much so, in fact, that the NBA’s Latino marketing strategy is centered around […]

Not Skinny Skinny — But Latina Skinny

Mary Mata

First off, let me say I like my body. My big butt, small boobs, wide hips (insert child-bearing joke here) and big thighs have been good to me, as I […]

Ecuadorian Dwarfs Immune To Cancer, Diabetes

Mary Mata

People in parts of Ecuador with a genetic mutation preventing them from growing more than four feet tall are immune to cancer and diabetes — thanks to their genes, according […]