Fox News Should Apologize for Using “Anchor Baby”

Fox News Should Apologize for Using “Anchor Baby”

NewsTaco December 13, 2010

I’ve never liked the term.  I’ve written about it many times through the years. In the simplest of terms, babies are not anchors, period.  The anti-immigration clique has taken to […]

Loving La Virgen de Gudalupe

Mary Mata December 12, 2010

You have to love La Virgen de la Guadalupe — even if you’re not Catholic. She’s a singular, ubiquitous and unifying image for all Latinos that I know, and while everyone feels […]

LIVESTREAM Carlos Guerra Memorial Service

Mary Mata December 11, 2010

NPR Manufactures Latino Muslim Terrorist Story

Mary Mata December 10, 2010

NPR, while capable of some incredible journalism, did a half-assed job of trying to create a trend story this week that implied Latino Islam converts were somehow more dangerous or […]

Govt Leaves Latino Farmers Hanging

Mary Mata

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging that the government didn’t award loans and other federal benefits to minority farmers since the 1960s. The New York Times reports […]

‘TV Networks Have Failed Latinos’

NewsTaco

The National Hispanic Media Council has been doing this for years; grading the big television networks on Latino diversity. Here’s their report card for 2010: CBS,  B-plus ABC, B-minus NBC, […]

Cuban American Adjustment, the DREAM Act of 1966

NewsTaco

The DREAM Act has already worked, it’s a proven practice, it’s just been called something different and benefited a very specific group of people. Turn your calendar back to 1966 […]

Hasta Luego, Carlos Guerra Event

Mary Mata December 9, 2010

NYC Cabbies: ‘We will profile’

NewsTaco

If you’re planning a trip to the big apple this Christmas be prepared to walk because NYC taxis are going to be much like being Latino in Arizona. “The head […]

DREAM Act Goes to Senate

NewsTaco

The US House of Representatives got it together and passed the controversial DREAM Act legislation by a vote of 216-198. So that much is done. What comes next, though, may not […]