Guapura 101: 3 Different Types Of Easy Braids
Guapura 101: 3 Different Types Of Easy Braids
Okay, so if you’re like me, you’re always in a hurry. So, here are three different types of braids you can do with your hair, noting that these are quick […]
NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Sept.24 – Oct. 2, 2011
There were a lot of stark contrasts this week on our weekly NewsTaco roundup. For example, while we featured a piece by Salomón Baldenegro about Arizona’s racist stance on ethnic […]
Latino Childhood Poverty Sets Record
The headline across the top of a Pew Hispanic Center press release is ominous: The Toll of the Great Recession. The body of the story doesn’t get any better. More Latino […]
Latina Comedian Jesenia Bailey Creates Her Own Showcase
Jesenia Bailey found her way into a career in comedy in the most unlikely way — by doing as everything else first. She’s the co-creator and co-producer of the Latino […]
Berkeley Affirmative Action Cupcake Sale Misses The Point
Driving through southern New Mexico several years ago I came to a crossroads where a state highway intersects a farm road. A truck was parked to the side of the […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Boxers Eye The 2012 Olympics
As a Latina who enjoys boxing and martial arts in general myself, I have to give mad props to two Latina boxers recently featured on CNN. Cristina Cruz of New […]
Latina Volunteerism Often Manifests Off The Beaten Path
By Laura Donnelly Gonzalez, co-founder Latinitas I run a Latina-led and based non-profit focused on empowering Hispanic girls and teens using media and technology. I hire 20-25 Hispanic women between the […]
Guapura 101: Exfoliating Your Patas
Recently I was talking to a friend of mine about getting a pedicure when, to my surprise, she said something I had thought myself for a long time. “I asked […]
Is The Tea Party Backing A Fake Latina Candidate In Arizona?
In light of allegations of a fake Latina candidate in a Senate recall election, the Arizona Secretary of State has been asked to undertake an investigation into the campaign of […]
Disappointed Dreams & Employment During The Recession
I come from an incredibly hardworking family. My parents immigrated here for a life that was better than their hometown in Mexico could provide, and since their arrival, they have […]