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Mary Mata August 28, 2012

Tuesday August 28, 2012 A race against time to get Latinos registered to vote (Voxxi): For get-out-the vote efforts, it seems like it’s going to be a race against the […]

Castro Brothers Have Become a Powerful Political Tandem

NewsTaco August 27, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco While the Republicans are revving the party faithful in Tampa this week, hoping  their message seeps into the hearts and minds of the undecided voters in […]

In Tampa: More Than A Tropical Storm Named Isaac

Mary Mata

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino.com As the tropics churn with potential storms, they cast an ominous backdrop for Tampa as it prepares for the Republican National Convention that starts this week. It […]

Latino Vote To Be Cast With Heart Not Mind

Mary Mata

By Victor Escalante, Newstaco Latinos, for the most part, have made up their mind who they want as president. This is grim news for Mitt Romney, because according to Univision […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Monday August 27, 2012 Watch: Are Latino college enrollment gains enough? (ecampus news): HuffPost Live’s Alicia Menendez sets the stage to a great conversation by framing the issue of Latino educational […]

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

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 […]

Why Are Latino Millennials Choosing To Live With Their Parents?

Mary Mata August 23, 2012

By Maria Chavez, Our Tiempo The 2010 Census data estimates that within a few more years, U.S. born Latinos will dominate the 18 to 29 year old age segment within […]

Racism, Even Out Of Ignorance, Is A Trend We Should Not Ignore

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Trends are hard things to ignore. So if anyone says they were blind-sided by a trend it’s either because they weren’t paying attention, or they’re not being honest. For instance, we’ve […]

More Latinos Head To College, Many Unprepared

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco What is it with Latinos and “yeah but” news? You know what I’m talking about. Latinos are poised to sway the next presidential election – yeah but […]

Nerd In The Colonia

Mary Mata

By Eres Nerd, NewsTaco They were cotton fields located on a floodplain of the Rio Grande. Irrigation canals divided them. Water flowed from the open canal gates soaking the cotton […]