Afternoon Buzz

Afternoon Buzz

Mary Mata May 9, 2012

Wednesday May 9, 2012 Howard Dean: Republicans ‘Don’t Like Latinos,’ Serve Only Their ‘Corporate Masters’ (Huffington Post):  Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) lit into the GOP Tuesday night, attacking […]

Film review: Marvel’s THE AVENGERS

Mary Mata

By Luciana Villalba, The Young Folks 9.5 out of 10 After much anticipation and more than half of the world has already seen it, the time has come for the […]

Latinos Becoming More Prominent in Reality TV

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By Stephanie Pollick, ALMA Blog Reality television is everywhere, turning regular people into household names and beckoning the already-famous to bare themselves “unscripted” to the world. Diverse casts, or the […]

Is Your Food Spicy Enough?

Mary Mata

by Ulisses Sanchez, Our Tiempo If you can go to a restaurant and park your car in the valet area while playing Josh Groban and greet the Latino valet guy […]

Fort Worth’s Liga Del Norte: Latino Baseball Gem

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I found this story following a small trail down some Latino sports photo links. All it said was Hispanic baseball league. So of course I clicked. […]

Where would I be without Adam Yauch?

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By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco Last week Adam Yauch died after his battle with cancer. Unless you have been living under a rock since 1987, you would know that he was […]

Mexican Jockey Mario Gutierrez Rides To Victory In Kentucky Derby

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By Jerry Bossert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Born in Veracruz, Mexico, the 25-year-old jockey can now say he has won the Kentucky Derby after guiding home I’ll Have Another to a […]

Romney Camp’s Honest Implosion On Immigration

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You know that feeling when you’re at the movies, watching the trailers before the feature and you go through a mental check list: “I’d pay money […]

Romney Hispanic Outreach Backfires

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By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi WASHINGTON — A Mitt Romney Hispanic outreach event melted down Tuesday when its director declined to answer a question about the Republican’s position on immigration because “he’s still […]

Morning NewsTaco

Mary Mata

Wednesday May 9, 2012 New Tool: Monthly Latino Employment Report (AFL-CIO NOW): Passing along a great tool—the Monthly Latino Employment Report from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) offers a snapshot of the latest […]