Today Is Frida Kahlo’s Birthday

If you grew up Latino in the U.S., then you have to know who Frida Kahlo is — it’s like a law. I remember, from the time I was young, […]

We at News Taco hope you’ve had an excellent July 4 weekend, we just wanted to share our coverage of this holiday with you, have a great, safe evening! What […]

By Richard G. Santos Texas, the geographic area now called the U. S. Southwest and Northern Mexico, in 1776 was a war zone. The Spanish settlements, ranchos, haciendas and missions […]

[Editor’s note: The following is an op-ed from Somos Republicans] By Bob Quasius It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians rewrite history to justify their agenda. In Rep. […]

I recently joined the staff of the VOCES Oral History Project, which illustrates the experiences of Latino veterans and their families. I came aboard glowing with a passion for military […]

By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Often times we witness or read stories about individuals that were ahead of their era.  The saying goes “inquisitive minds want to know”  and, for […]

Latinos represent about 11% of the U.S. military, and Latinos have a long history of serving in U.S. forces going back to the Revolutionary War. Most recently, hundreds of  Latinos […]

The man who wrote a gigantic biography on the Argentinian icon and noted Communist Ernesto “Ché” Guevara wrote an essay recently in The New Yorker about the similarities between what […]

You know what really gets my goat? When I either hear or read or receive comments equating Latinos with Mexico. Or when something I write about my experience as a […]

By Dan Arellano On May 5th 1862 in the city of Puebla the invading forces of Napoleon III, Maximilliano the Archduke of Austria, his puppet Emperor, would encounter a force […]