“West Texas Miracle” Producing Future Latino Leaders
“West Texas Miracle” Producing Future Latino Leaders
There is a Catholic high school for boys from the borderland that has produced wave upon wave of scholars, entrepreneurs, and leaders for the last nine decades. Cathedral High School’s legacy […]
I Love My Alcoholic Husband, Should I Take Him Back?
Dear Martha, I’m very sad, my husband — who I love very much — is an alcoholic. We have a two year-old daughter and this last holiday season, he became very intoxicated. I […]
Why Are Hipsters Infatuated With Poverty, And Other Complaints
I know enough has been written about hipsters, but please humor me, for I had not had the opportunity to chime in. What exactly is a hipster? The definition seems […]
Is The Utah Compact The U.S. Immigration Solution?
By Christopher Rangel Utah’s immigration reform, signed into law on March 15 of last year by Governor Gary Herbert, is composed of four separate bills. They range from the creation […]
NewsTaco Headed To Austin To Cover SXSW
NewsTaco, The Latino Daily, will be in Austin, Texas beginning Friday, March 9, 2012 to cover the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) including Interactive, Music and Film […]
Efforts To Register Latino Voters Rise
Three of the largest Latino organizations in the nation announced a voter registration initiative as the importance of the Latino vote rises. As previously reported on La Plaza, the Hispanic Federation, […]
Bilingual Immigrants Are Healthier, Study Finds
By Hope Gillette Stress and discrimination may play a role in the declining health of immigrants, however, a recent Stanford University study revealed there are far more factors at work than common […]
Occupy LA Protesters Turn Attention To Immigration
By Paul Adams In the suburbs of North Hollywood, vans from major news networks enveloped a phalanx of demonstrators protesting the recent deportation of Blanca Cardenas. The protest began at […]
Latinos With Tattoos Seek To Represent Their Culture
David Tomás Martinez remembers getting his first tattoo when he was 18 years old; it said San Diego in old English script. Over the years he kept adding more scripts, […]
Are Latinos Going To Start “Passing” As White?
Now that it’s common knowledge that Latinos are the country’s burgeoning ethnic group, and given that this group routinely identifies as white on the Census, it begs the question as […]