Battling Flu In Mid July, Joe Arpaio Takes The Stand In Civil Rights Case

Battling Flu In Mid July, Joe Arpaio Takes The Stand In Civil Rights Case

Mary Mata July 25, 2012

By Rebeldes, Latino Rebels In Phoenix, America’s Self-Proclaimed Greatest Sheriff, 80-year-old Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, took the stand in a racial profiling federal case against his sheriff’s office. According to […]

The Electric Nature of Fatherhood

Mary Mata

By Oscar Barajas Those 1980’s were definitely very interesting days when it concerned the long arm of the law. Domestic violence calls were usually quelled by comments like, “Well, officer, […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Wednesday July 25, 2012 Hispanic Ph.D.S Jump As Fastest-Growing Minority Gains (Bloomberg):  The number of Hispanics with doctorates jumped 161 percent from 1990 to 2010, almost double the non-Hispanic rate […]

Special Olympics Swimmer, Born With Down Syndrome And Without Fear

Mary Mata July 24, 2012

By Kristina Puga, NBC Latino Andy Miyares was born with Down syndrome. His mother was told his life would be full of limitations. When Andy was a baby, he lacked […]

What’s Wrong With Using DHS’ Immigration Database To Purge Voter Rolls? (A Lot)

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By Erwin de Leon, Feet In 2 Worlds Florida was finally granted accessto the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration database last week. The state will use information from the Systematic […]

Social Media Pictures Of The Third “Megamarcha” In Mexico

Mary Mata

By Rebeldes, Latino Rebels Another Sunday, another march in Mexico to protest the alleged fraud during the July 1 presidential elections. Yesterday’s marches were captured via social media, with unconfirmed images […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Tuesday July 24, 2012 Voting Rights Act petitions reach Supreme Court (Reuters):  Two legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law adopted in 1965 that barred racial discrimination […]

Latino Vote: It’s The Issues Stupid

Mary Mata July 23, 2012

By Victor Escalante “Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain […]

DRUGS: Narco Mennonites Arrested Again

Mary Mata

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Years ago, I had a run-in with drug-smuggling Mennonites in the area around Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua in Mexico, and wrote about it, and the decay […]

Texas Senate Bill 14 = Voter Suppression

Mary Mata

By Dr. Henry Flores One would think that in a democracy one would want as many possible individuals to participate in the election process.  One would think also that in […]