Happy Friday! Bombasta!!

Happy Friday! Bombasta!!

NewsTaco April 13, 2012

I heard these guys last year – they opened for Los Lobos on a cool summer evening (I know, a rarity in San Antonio) at Plaza Guadalupe. They’re called Bombasta, […]

Latinos Use More Social Media, But With Limits

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According to the most recent research Latinos are all over social media; we love it, more than any other ethnic, racial or cultural group in the U.S.  NewsTaco has reported on […]

Friday’s Cartoon

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Five bucks a gallon, by Khalil Bendib, Other Words

Lionsgate Eyeing Cuarón & Iñárritu To Direct ‘Catching Fire’

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By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks The LA Times is reporting that Lionsgate has come up with a list of eight directors that they will like to helm the second […]

Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit

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Who would have thought it? This is the lead paragraph of an Associated Press story that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times: She was just a regular kid. Now, the dress […]

SLOW ROASTED CHIPOTLE CHICKEN TACOS

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By Abigail Garcia Just after trying chef Aaron Sanchez’s chipotle chicken on Monday’s event, I couldn’t wait more to start cooking the recipe that Sierra Mist® gave us to prepare […]

Obama Goes To Colombia: Should U.S. Latinos Pay Attention?

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President Barack Obama will be travelling to Cartagena, Colombia for this weekend’s Summit of the Americas. And if that sounds like filler copy on a late night radio talk program, you’re right. But wait… […]

The Undocumented And Taxation Without Representation

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By Matias Ramos, Other Words Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation. With apologies to Emma Lazarus, […]

Is “Bootstrapping” the Same As Personal Responsibility?

Mary Mata April 12, 2012

By Reyna Jacqueline Peña, Gozamos In a recent blog piece, I reflected on my upbringing in Little Village and my beliefs regarding some of the factors that contribute to violence in the community. I […]

U.S. Has A Frijol-Based Economy

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Your handsome and humble servant- El Guapo El Guapo writes The Daily Refried, and is, without question, the foremost authority on all things sinvergüenza. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter @TheDailyRefried. [Photo by eliazar]