Is Bill Richardson the Latino Sovereign?
Is Bill Richardson the Latino Sovereign?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Of course not. Bill Richardson is not a Latino King, Khan or Potentate. So does Bill Richardson get to decide who is Latino and who isn’t? Not at […]
Why Latinos Should Pay Attention to IP Transition
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco True Story: my father, who passed away late last year at the age of 92, said he remembered watching silent movies. He said he and his […]
Boston Marathon Bombings – Interactive Timeline
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco By far the best compilation and rendering of the events of the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the unfolding drama of the days after, has been put […]
LATEST BOSTON BOMBING TWEETS AND UPDATES
In this incredibly fluid news day, we’re as rivited to the news feeds as everyone else. The large news outlets, with reporters on the ground, have unclear information as the […]
Immigration Bill Compromise is a Potential Political Sea Change
Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s 844 pages long. It’s been a long time coming. And it’s a compromise. So it’s a daunting read, a sigh of relief and…better than nothing. I’m […]
What to do About the State of Racism?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Recently, I have been travelling around the country and speaking to and with groups of academics on the state of Latino politics in the USA. […]
Associated Press Finally Drops the “I” Word
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Finally. There’s something decidedly sarcastic in writing that. Yesterday, late in the afternoon, my Twitter feed fluttered a little about an Associated Press announcement. The AP has […]
For Latinos, “Mojado” Loaded with Meaning
By Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times When Boyle Heights shop owner Arturo Macias hears fellow Latinos use the Spanish word for “wetback,” he doesn’t necessarily take offense. Macias, who crossed illegally […]
A Green Case for Immigration Reform?
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco Immigration is THE topic for most Latino communities right now and it has the right political buzz in the wake of the 2012 elections. As part of […]
Do Latinos Navel-Gaze? Is the Pope Latino?
Is the Pope Latino? Remember the good ol’ days of Karol Wojtya, when the Pope was Polish and no one questioned it? When it was such a given that it became […]