News Taco’s 9/11 Coverage

News Taco’s 9/11 Coverage

Mary Mata September 11, 2011

Today as we remember those we lost on 9/11, here are a few remembrances from our News Taco community: 9/11 Is No Excuse for Bashing Muslims The September 11 Lessons […]

The September 11 Lessons I’ve Learned

NewsTaco September 9, 2011

I was sitting in the airport in Austin, Texas, yesterday, waiting the last few minutes before my son  had to go through security and board a flight to Los Angeles. “Might as well […]

The Spanish Debates Over Native American Equality, Inclusion

Mary Mata September 8, 2011

By Richard G. Santos For the first half century after the first voyage of Cristobal Colón (aka Christopher Columbus), the Spanish Church and State deliberated the nature of the Native Americans. […]

How The Spanish Caste System Is Absent From U.S. History

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

By Richard G. Santos I used to tell my students and now tell audiences when the occasion arises, that U. S. history is written and taught in black and white […]

198 Years Ago, The Bloody Tejano Battle Of Medina

Mary Mata August 18, 2011

By Dan Arellano On April 7, 1812 the Republican Army of the North crosses the Sabine River into Spanish Texas. Flying the Emerald Green Flag of Liberty, Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de […]

News Taco To Go: GOP, Luisa Moreno, Arizona Y Tall Mexicans

Mary Mata August 12, 2011

Latino GOP Conference: A Love-Sick Second Date Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno Arizona, Jan Brewer Take SB 1070 To Supreme Court You’re Tall–For A Mexican

Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno

Mary Mata August 11, 2011

By Victoria Cepeda Latina civil rights activist, Luisa Moreno, is better known for having found El Congreso del Pueblo de Habla Española or the The Spanish-Speaking Peoples Congress back in December 1938.  […]

Latino Documentary, Filmmaker Nominated For An Emmy

Mary Mata August 10, 2011

There are many reasons producer John J. Valadez is overwhelmed that his documentary, “The Longoria Affair,” was one of five films nominated for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding […]

Latino Civil Rights Figures: César Chávez

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This is the first in a weekly series of Latino civil rights figures and organizations profiles in a partnership between News Taco and Pa’lante Latino.] César Chávez was […]

Bien Hecho: Arturo Schomburg Gave Voice to Afro-Latinos

Mary Mata July 12, 2011

By Efrain Nieves Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and […]