A Time To Welcome the Spirits

A Time To Welcome the Spirits

Mary Mata October 26, 2012

By Miguel Perez, HiddenHispanicHeritage During the next few days in Hispanic homes throughout this country, there will be people invoking the spirits — asking dead relatives to come back into […]

‘La Llorona’ Comes to Prime Time TV on “Grimm”

Mary Mata October 25, 2012

By Hispanically Speaking News On October 26 NBC’s show “Grimm” will take on the Latin American tale of “La Llorona” for its Halloween episode. The episode is a joint project […]

After Two Mistakes in Spanish, Maricopa County Fesses Up

Mary Mata

By Latino Rebels Looks like the recent attention that Maricopa County in Arizona (the same county where Sheriff Joe Arpaio is for running re-election and the same county where over […]

Family Sues Joe Arpaio Over Death Of Mentally Ill Veteran

NewsTaco

By Simon McCormack, Huffington Post Latino Voices The family of a Gulf War veteran with schizoaffective disorder who died after an alleged beating from Arizona jail officers has filed a […]

Undocumented Workers “Like” Social Media to Survive

Mary Mata

By Viviana Fernandez, Voxxi Undocumented immigrants are surviving tougher immigration laws implemented in Georgia and other southern states by utilizing a surprising tool: social media. It has become an instrument to […]

Poll: Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage Among Latinos

Mary Mata

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi Fifty-two percent of Hispanics favor same-sex marriage compared to 34 percent who oppose it, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center. The statistics have reversed since […]

Presidential Race: It’s all About the Latino Ground Game

NewsTaco October 24, 2012

Victor Landa, NewsTaco I mentioned in polite company a couple of times that Latinos are a fourth quarter political people. And even in polite company the idea hasn’t been that well received. But I […]

Dia de Los Muertos Vs.Halloween

Mary Mata

By Maria Chaidez, Our Tiempo It was only a few years ago that I became vaguely acquainted with one of Mexico’s most acclaimed yet obscure cultural traditions-The Day of the […]

Voter suppression: 219,000 Latino voters at risk

Mary Mata

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi Analysts are certain turnout in the Hispanic community will be pivotal in this election and with two weeks before November a new report highlights their electoral clout if […]

Romney Camp Blames Communication for Poor Latino Showing

Mary Mata October 23, 2012

By Hispanically Speaking News Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign denied Monday that extremist elements of the GOP have driven away Hispanics and said the only reason he was trailing […]