Author of SB1070 Runs for Kansas Office

Author of SB1070 Runs for Kansas Office

Mary Mata October 26, 2010

Kris Kobach, also known as one of the authors of Arizona’s SB 1070 anti-immigrant bill, is the Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Kansas. He’s running on a platform […]

Sharron Angle’s ‘You Look Asian’ Comments, Video

Mary Mata October 25, 2010

Here guys, happy Monday, look what I found for you!  The video of Nevada Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle’s ridiculous “You look a little Asian” comments to a group of […]

Tantos Tacos: Hate, Escándalo, Food, Tech, Mexico and Hate

Mary Mata October 23, 2010

This week on NewsTaco we talked about food, hate, politics, voting, tech and a little more hate.  It was a long week! We started off the week talking about hate, […]

New Book: Latino Migration in North Carolina

Mary Mata October 22, 2010

Interesting new book coming out of the University of North Carolina Press titled The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina.  Written by Hanna Gill, the book explores Latino migration to […]

Hablando Bien: The Dynamics of Spanglish

Mary Mata

Recently I was having a conversation with a gentleman from the Deep South in San Antonio, Texas and he informed me that he’s been told, “Hispanics are too lazy to […]

Keep ‘Em Dumb So ‘Illegals’ Don’t Get Our Jobs

Mary Mata October 21, 2010

In an obvious attempt to keep unauthorized immigrant children from getting post-high-school education, The Nation reports that Georgia has joined a growing number of states are making it increasingly difficult […]

More than 20% U.S. Residents 1st, 2nd Generation

Mary Mata October 20, 2010

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 37 million people in the United States are immigrants in 2009, that’s 12%.  Perhaps more interesting, 33 million people, 11%, were born in the […]

¡Qué Dios Nos Salve de Vendidos Como Este!

Mary Mata

Robert Desposada has been a Republican political operative for some time, long enough that the bird-brains at Univisión decided to turn him into a “pundit” that would balance their political […]

Univisión Backs Down, Sort of, On the ‘Don’t Vote’ Campaign

Mary Mata October 19, 2010

NewsTaco is happy to announce that Univisión has refused to run ads in Nevada advising Latinos not to vote. The ads, produced by Univisión pundit Robert (not Roberto, mind you) […]

The Border’s the New Military Industrial (Govt) Cash Cow

Mary Mata

A scathing analysis by the Government Accountability Office tracks in detail how the feds granted a multi-billion dollar contract to Department of Defense-darling Boeing to create a super-high-tech virtual border […]