Diversity Is A Privilege

Diversity Is A Privilege

Mary Mata March 18, 2011

I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Los Angeles and so many people from so many places. At the time, I thought it was normal to live next-door […]

The Economics Of Deciding In An Uncertain World

Mary Mata March 15, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following was written by economist Robert Cavazos] How do people make decisions? How do we make sense of the world? Per our policymakers, grounded upon the whispers […]

Two Powerful Latino Films You Need To Watch

Mary Mata March 7, 2011

Okay everybody, if you’re like me, you love going to the movies. Here are a few films that look really intense, but look like super good movies. One is about […]

Puerto Rican Student Protestors Beaten, Assaulted

Mary Mata February 25, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from the ACLU.] While the world celebrates the democratic revolution in Egypt, major violations of basic human rights are occurring in our own […]

Ecuadorian Abuelita Takes Down Chevron

Mary Mata February 24, 2011

Oil giant Chevron was ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to pay $9.5 billion in fines and damages after decades of polluting parts of that country where María Aguinda and her […]

No Smoking In Honduras — Anywhere

Mary Mata

Honduras just passed a law that bans smoking pretty much everywhere — even in your own home if someone reports they were bothered by your smoking. The law does not […]

Call Me Anything But Mexican

Mary Mata February 23, 2011

“You don’t look Mexican” is something I hear a lot. I hear it from whites, African-Americans, Asians, Mexican nationals, Latinos from Latin America, just about everyone. Of course, in polite […]

Ecuadorian Dwarfs Immune To Cancer, Diabetes

Mary Mata February 17, 2011

People in parts of Ecuador with a genetic mutation preventing them from growing more than four feet tall are immune to cancer and diabetes — thanks to their genes, according […]

U.S.’s New Internet “Freedom” Policy To Benefit Latinos

Mary Mata February 15, 2011

Today U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to unveil the country’s new Internet “freedom” policy that has been in the works for the past year. The policy is […]

Obama Has Failed Latinos, Latin America

Mary Mata December 28, 2010

The Miami Herald’s Latin America correspondent Andres Oppenheimer wrote a scathing and analytical piece about President Barack Obama’s broken promises to Latinos and Latin America. A few of his points: […]