Will Latinos Boycott Baseball’s All-Star Game?

Will Latinos Boycott Baseball’s All-Star Game?

NewsTaco July 5, 2011

Should Latino players boycott Major League Baseball’s highest profile game of the year? Next to the deciding game of the World Series, the MLB All-Star Game is probably the most […]

¡Happy Cuatro!

NewsTaco July 4, 2011

I spent some time last night with my Dad watching Texas Ranger baseball on the TV. He’s been around for more than 90 of the U.S.’s 235 years, and he’s […]

Re-Writing History To Justify Georgia’s Immigration Law

Mary Mata July 1, 2011

[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. […]

Latinos Are Leaving Alabama; Who Will Rebuild After Tornados?

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Alabama lawmakers should have thought this thing through. When Governor Robert Bentley signed that state’s new immigration law he boasted, according to a Bloomberg Buisinessweek  report,  that it was “the […]

No Latino Legislators Means Plenty of Anti-Immigrant Laws

Mary Mata June 30, 2011

Remember Rebecca Forest? That lady who blamed all of Texas’ problems on “Hispanic legislators?” Well, according to PolitiFact, she had a point: states with big percentages of Latino legislators didn’t […]

News Taco To Go: Racism, Valedictorians, Voters & New Mexico

Mary Mata

Anti-Immigrant Bill Fails In Texas Pennsylvania Town Sees First Latino Valedictorian Why Does Jose Become Joe But Not The Other Way Around To Mobilize 12 Million Latinos Register 15 Million […]

Anti-Immigrant Bill Fails In Texas

NewsTaco June 29, 2011

You’d need a diagram to figure out exactly how it happened, but suffice it to say that the state senators in Texas gathered their marbles and went home. And just […]

Alabama’s New Immigration Law Is Already Unconstitutional

Mary Mata June 28, 2011

Alabama’s state law HB 56 that passed on June 9 is a racist piece of legislation because it deputizes state officials to carry out federal appraisals solely based on appearance […]

Arkansas Could Get A Latino State District

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Word is that the Arkansas state legislature will have it’s first Latino-majority district in time for the next legislative session. That’s right, Arkansas, catty-corner to Texas, stuffed between Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana: where […]

News Taco To Go: Georgia, Perry, Latino Politicos & Voters

Mary Mata

Perry Bombs At National Latino Conference How Many Is Too Many Latino Elected Officials? Georgia’s Immigration Law Blocked By Federal Judge Want Latinos To Vote? Just Ask