Vote To Get Celia Cruz’s Portrait In the Smithsonian

By Renée Saldaña, NewsTaco The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has teamed up with photographic artist Robert Weingarten to have one noteworthy historical figure’s portrait uniquely immortalized in the museum. […]

By Reyna Jacqueline Peña Do you have plans this weekend?  Well, whatever you do, plan on setting some time aside to honor the memory and legacy of labor leader and […]

Latinas are so often filtered through the media’s racist and narrow lens. According to the TV, we are sexy, spicy, angry, submissive, and/or really skilled at cleaning. Sometimes we wear […]

The last time I spoke to Jesus Javier was about two months ago. It was one of those out of the blue calls that took me by surprise and sent […]

We had a great variety of cool stories for you this week on NewsTaco. My top pick was a piece examining the different ways we can get more Latinos to […]

March 21 commemorates the birth of former Mexican President Benito Juárez, a man who clearly outlined the rights of his country’s inhabitants. What did he think about respect?  Respecting the rights […]

By Carlos San Miguel “American Night: The Ballad of Juan José” is a fantastic play that premiered at the 2010 Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Written by Richard Montoya and developed by Culture […]

By Richard G. Santos In movies and TV programs, the Mexican soldiers who participated in assaulting the Alamo on March 6, 1836, are always depicted in clean, almost new, beautiful uniforms. They […]

An anti-Latino business, Eva Longoria, Selena, use of the word “undocumented,” the Alamo, Alabama’s immigration law, Mitt Romney, Luis Gutierrez and more made our list of the top stories on […]

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 […]