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Mary Mata August 31, 2012

Friday August 31, 2012 Latino voters likely to make up 8% of electorate in 7 tossup states (Denver Post):  A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies projects that […]

Ancestry Places Mexican Americans At Greater Risk For Metabolic Disease

Mary Mata August 29, 2012

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi Higher levels of insulin resistance were found among Mexican-Americans with an ancestral link to Amerindian tribes, states a study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston […]

About The San Antonian Who’ll Give The DNC Keynote…

Mary Mata

A Xicano Ancestry and Politico-Cultural Legacy—the San Antonio kid to give the Keynote at the Democratic National Convention ¡orale! From the textmex obsessed imagination of Marc García-Martínez The Democratic Party, showing […]

Dreamers March To The RNC, Seek Answers From Romney

Mary Mata

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Republican presidential nominee has for weeks been dodging the question of whether he would repeal the Obama administration’s deferred action program that allows up to 1.7 […]

Puerto Rican GOP Delegate Interrupted By Chants Of “USA! USA!” On Convention Floor

Mary Mata

By Latino Rebels Now there are conflicting stories, one saying that the boos and chants  of “USA! USA!” by some Republican delegates today in Tampa were all about trying to seat […]

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 3

Mary Mata

Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]

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Mary Mata

Wednesday August 29, 2012 Jeb Bush chides Republicans to stop ‘acting stupid’ with Hispanic voters (The Miami Herald): With Mitt Romney trailing Barack Obama badly among Hispanic voters in the […]

I’m Not Average. I Tend To Stand Out. 100% Latina, That’s Me.

Mary Mata August 28, 2012

(Editors note: While it’s not our practice to include language that some readers might find offensive, in this case we find that editing  or changing the language would  detract from […]

Unequal Education: Low Funding Is Not The Only Problem With High-Minority Schools

Mary Mata

By Cammy Harbison, Voxxi According to a report released by the Center for American Progress, African American and Latino students in high-minority schools are getting the short end of the funding deal. In fact, […]

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part 2

Mary Mata

Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]