An Unexpected Christmas is Best

An Unexpected Christmas is Best

NewsTaco December 25, 2010

I spent part of last week, like most of us, wading through the crowds and Christmas commerce. I’m not the type to do my Christmas shopping with a list and […]

Pocha Christmas Memories

Mary Mata December 24, 2010

My family is from South Texas, the border, but I grew up in L.A. I remember really clearly growing up how strange all my cousins seemed to me when I’d […]

Getting “The Look” For Speaking Spanish In Public

Mary Mata December 23, 2010

Do you ever get “the look” when you speak Spanish in public? You know what I mean. You’re out in public with your family or friends, telling a funny story […]

Latino Voters And New Congressional Seats

Mary Mata

Some really interesting articles coming out about how Latino population growth and voter growth have affected the way House of Representative seats are being apportioned, how the district lines will […]

Teen Latina Birth Rates Lowest In 20 Years

Mary Mata

According to new Centers for Disease Control information, the teenage Latina pregnancy rate is the lowest it’s been in two decades. In a report, the CDC found that teenage Latina […]

Soap Operas Are Only Trashy When Latinos Do Them

Mary Mata

Running up to the DREAM Act debate in the U.S. Senate everyone knew a lot of Latinos would be watching. The Daily Kos’ version of this was tinged with a […]

Great Gadget: Phone Translator App

NewsTaco December 22, 2010

If you’re Latino in the US chances are that translating from English to Spanish or vice-versa is a huge part of your life. How often have you been called-on to […]

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Latino Style!

NewsTaco

Just to get you in a good-er mood. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Latino style! It’s a trio called Camelia Latin Jazz, performing live at a club somewhere in Massachusetts. […]

Arizona Population Down: Economy vs Immigration

NewsTaco

If there’s any place where the Census and immigration would cross paths and clash it would be Arizona. And it’s taken exactly one day for folks in that state to […]

Obama Meets With Hispanic Caucus, Talks Immigration

NewsTaco

There’s bad news in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform front (not that we didn’t see it coming). President Obama met with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus yesterday. The bostonherald.com reports: […]