Where Pew and Trayvon Meet A Question Arises

I had dinner last night at a sea food place that, being Holy Thursday, was less crowded than I expected. Still, there was a low-level din – we were sitting outside, near […]

By José A. Healy Latino students — and immigrant students as a group — are often most vulnerable to being bullied and teased by their classmates. They’re easy prey because of their […]

So what is it? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican, Chicano, what? I avoid this topic like I avoid heavy traffic – sometimes it’s impossible. Sometimes, like when the Pew Hispanic Center does a study on it and releases […]

Let’s see if we can help the lawmakers in the state of Nebraska figure this one out. A person is undocumented if they came to this country with no legal […]

I read this sentence this morning: Hispanics are achieving a status as super-consumers that is making other minority groups and even the mainstream consumer look anemic. After I was done […]

(Editor’s note: This is a verbatim, just released, press release by the Pew Hispanic Center. I thought it was pertinent to make it available to the NewsTaco community. I’ll be ruminating on […]

The problem with making a lot of noise when you go after undocumented immigrants, ala sheriff Joe Arpaio, is that you’re making a lot of noise. When you do that you draw attention, […]

Is it possible that after all the months of immigrant bashing from the far right, after the relentless hammering at the contrived wedge issue of undocumented immigration we’ve reached a […]

My parents spent more than 40 years in this country; they never felt compelled to learn English. Sometimes I feel that my parents had children in order to have translation […]

The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new set of data that allows readers to get a more spatial understanding of Hispanic populations in America. This interactive map spans 1980 to […]