White House Came To Listen At New Mexico Summit
White House Came To Listen At New Mexico Summit
By Maria Elena Alvarez Albuquerque, New Mexico — The White House has put a bead on the Hispanic community, and if Albuquerque were a microcosm of what is happening across […]
Cancer Treatment Is Beyond The Reach of Many Americans
Cancer is expensive — the American Cancer Society estimates that the 2010 total cost of cancer in the U.S. soared to $263.8 billion (The Huffington Post Oct 12, 2011). Along […]
New Standards Aim To Reduce Health Disparities Among Latinos
In an effort to improve its ability to highlight disparities in health status and target interventions to reduce them, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced final standards […]
Obama Enunciates Spanish, Latino Voter Outreach Strategy
So my favorite part of President Barack Obama’s Latino roundtable yesterday was how wonderfully he pronounced “Puerto Rico” and “Calderón” when answering questions that came from the readers and viewers […]
Romney’s LA Visit & The Lameness Of Latino Voter Pitches
Mitt Romney continued his pitch to Latinos in Los Angeles yesterday and the mayor of that city, Antonio Villaraigosa held a tele-press conference to seize the moment and call foul. […]
Immigration Is A Dangerous Wedge Issue For All Latinos
News Taco interviewed Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and San Antonio-area Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, who spoke to us about the tragic consequences of using immigration as a wedge issue. […]
Democrats Can Take Congress Back In 2012
Democrats may be able to take back Congress, according to a CNN poll and a former congressman News Taco spoke to this week. The CNN poll asked more than 1,000 […]
Latinos Need Health Care Reform, Spanish Speaking Providers
Latinos not only need health care reform, but Spanish speaking health care professionals, writes Matthew Stieglitz in an excellent post from Latino Politics Blog. Stieglitz’s abuelita broke her hip during […]
