Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7

NewsTaco June 5, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 7: ‘Sorrows Can Swim’ Oscar waited about six weeks for the […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 6

Mary Mata June 4, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the sixth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 6: Cocorico2 The U.S. arrests helped jolt Romero’s investigation back to […]

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Monday June 4, 2012 Study: Immigrants embrace American values (UPI): Immigrants and their descendants embrace basic American values even as they celebrate and honor their own heritages, a U.S. researcher said. […]

Latino “Sleeping Giant” Is An Uphill Political Battle

NewsTaco June 1, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The next time you read or hear anyone write about or mention the mythical Latino “sleeping giant” you have my permission to smack them upside the head, in […]

Latino Immigrants Fear Evacuations More than Hurricanes

Mary Mata

By Peter Malof, Texas News Service ALAMO, Texas – June marks the beginning of hurricane season – when many residents of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley find themselves weighing the dangers […]

Changing Face Of America: Fight For Civil Rights Is Not Over

Mary Mata May 31, 2012

By Marc Morial, Other Words We’ve been hearing about it for years, and now the time has come. In May, the Census Bureau announced that for the first time, the birth […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala, Chapter 4

Mary Mata

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 4: Strange News From Home In the summer of 2000, Oscar […]

Morning NewsTaco

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Thursday May 31, 2012 Majority of African Americans and Latinos support marriage equality (The Hill): Despite the absence of media coverage on Latinos and marriage equality, numerous surveys tell us that […]

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 2

Mary Mata May 29, 2012

(Editor’s note: This is the second of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 2: ‘We’re Not Dogs For You To Kill’ The fall of […]

Violence Against Women Act: A Human Face

Mary Mata May 28, 2012

By Carlos Sanchez, Voxxi Although she lived with fear, this 42-year old mother took the final step in an abusive relationship by calling police. She had arrived in the U.S. […]