Revisiting History On The Anniversary Of The Battle At The Alamo

Revisiting History On The Anniversary Of The Battle At The Alamo

Mary Mata March 1, 2012

By Richard G. Santos When it comes to writing the history of the Battle at the Alamo, personal exaggerations, self role embellishments, political-social-religious-ethnic-racial factors created a larger than life and […]

Alabama’s Law Backfires, Creating A New Civil Rights Movement

Mary Mata

By Eliseo Medina, SEIU Alabama’s show-me-your-papers law, HB56, threatens to turn the clock back to a time when hardworking men and women were persecuted because of the color of their […]

2.3 Million Latino Business Owners Contribute To The Economy

Mary Mata

By Susana Baumann Hispanic business owners play an important role in their communities that need not to be underestimated. Back in January, the Obama Administration announced the consolidation of the Small Business Administration as a […]

The Ruminations Of A One-Time Anchor Baby

Mary Mata February 29, 2012

When I was only five years old, the railroad company my father was working for laid him off.  His unemployment check was enough for him to survive, but it did […]

Georgia’s Immigration Law Highlights Reality Vs. Politics

Mary Mata

By Christopher Rangel Georgia’s Latino population growth ranked the state tenth nationwide for the 2000-2010 decade, with a Latino population of about 854,000. The state also ranked sixth in the number of unauthorized immigrants […]

Delicious Raspberry And Blueberry Tart

Mary Mata

This a nice and delicious sweet tart you can enjoy almost every season of the year. I made it for Valentine’s Day, but I really enjoy it for breakfast, midday […]

Latinos With College Degrees Rises By 80 Percent

Mary Mata

3.8 million Latinos in the U.S. now have a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the Census Bureau, showing an 80% increase between 2001 and 2011. “This is an important […]

CafePress Removes Anti-Mexican Products Page

NewsTaco

How quickly things change when good people speak up. Yesterday NewsTaco brought to light the repulsive products and racist anti-Mexican products that were being sold through CafePress. A group that […]

Undocumented Student Ran For Texas A&M Student Body President

Mary Mata

Jose Luis Zelaya, 24, is a Honduran immigrant, graduate student in the College of Education and Human Development at  Texas A&M University, expert crocheter, and aspiring teacher, who ran for student […]

3 Ways To Fight Antibiotic Resistance In Your Food Supply

Mary Mata February 28, 2012

By Avinash Kar In the last few months, I have been talking a lot about what FDA is failing to do to effectively regulate antibiotics in animal feed and protect […]