Using “Undocumented” At Oscars Just The Start Of A Big Change

Using “Undocumented” At Oscars Just The Start Of A Big Change

Mary Mata March 2, 2012

It seems the disuse of the word “illegal” to refer to undocumented immigrants in the United States is spreading. Natalie Portman, before announcing the other nominees for Best Actor, took […]

Banda Music, Or Tamborazo, Nurtures The Soul

Mary Mata March 1, 2012

By Eres Nerd To me and my family, banda is life. Banda is spiritual renewal. The sounds of the clarinet and sousaphones were part of the Pandora playlist of my childhood. […]

DeathStar Built By Undocumented Immigrants

Mary Mata

And now an editorial cartoon from El Guapo of The Daily Refried.

Alabama’s Law Backfires, Creating A New Civil Rights Movement

Mary Mata

By Eliseo Medina, SEIU Alabama’s show-me-your-papers law, HB56, threatens to turn the clock back to a time when hardworking men and women were persecuted because of the color of their […]

The Ruminations Of A One-Time Anchor Baby

Mary Mata February 29, 2012

When I was only five years old, the railroad company my father was working for laid him off.  His unemployment check was enough for him to survive, but it did […]

Georgia’s Immigration Law Highlights Reality Vs. Politics

Mary Mata

By Christopher Rangel Georgia’s Latino population growth ranked the state tenth nationwide for the 2000-2010 decade, with a Latino population of about 854,000. The state also ranked sixth in the number of unauthorized immigrants […]

Undocumented Student Ran For Texas A&M Student Body President

Mary Mata

Jose Luis Zelaya, 24, is a Honduran immigrant, graduate student in the College of Education and Human Development at  Texas A&M University, expert crocheter, and aspiring teacher, who ran for student […]

Analysis: What Arizona, Michigan Primaries Mean For The GOP

Mary Mata February 28, 2012

By Aurelia Fierros Just hours before primaries in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have come into view as the two Republican contenders vying for leadership in what […]

CA Apology To Deported Mexican Americans 80 Years Too Late

NewsTaco February 23, 2012

There are many parallels between what’s happening today with regard to immigration in America, and what happened 80 years ago during the Great Depression. The obvious comparisons are the economic […]

Arizona To Create An “Armed Militia” Along Its Border

Mary Mata February 22, 2012

America for the most part has been cringing and shaking it’s head at the state of Arizona’s absurd behavior in recent years. Aside from the few advocating that we should […]