Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Police Brutality in the Latino Community?
Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Police Brutality in the Latino Community?
*From the article, third paragraph: “Part of the reason cases involving Latinos don’t receive the same attention … is because Latinos are never truly seen as Americans but always as foreigners.” […]
5 Questions: Latina Climate Scientist On Carbon Emissions Rule
*The environment, superficially the president’s new rules on coal-fired power plant emissions, is vital to Latino health because we’re more vulnerable than others. VL By NBC News Now that President Barack […]
Immigration judges are burning out faster than prison wardens and hospital doctors
*The backlog is so big that non-priority cases have been pushed back as far as November of 2019. In all the heated rhetoric about immigration this fact goes unnoticed and […]
Why Jeb in Spanish wasn’t too different from Trump in English
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I’ll give credit to Jeb Bush for doing the hard thing. He went on Spanish Television to talk to Latinos about why he’d be a good […]
New Mexico Latino GOP official ousted over Trump piñata says party leader had backed him
*Yeah, because free speech and all. What do you think? The NM GOP has neutrality rules, was this out-of-bounds? VL By Chris Quintana, Santa Fe New Mexican Ignacio Padilla, recently […]
In Spanish, Jeb Bush recounts his children were taunted for their skin tone
*Jeb Bush went on Telemundo for a 30 minute interview in Spanish. His fluency is impressive (I know, when a Latino writes those words they sound condescending …). Do you […]
Despite Ruling, Detained Immigrants Face Uncertainty
*A federal judge says Obama’s got to let 2000 detained women and children go from immigration detention centers. The judge says a 1997 law states undocumented children must be held […]
States’ Rights, Individual Liberties and Other American Falsehoods
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I think it is about time to drive spikes into the cracks of some of these American fabrications. Apologists and supporters of States’ Rights and […]
LULAC Asks Congress to Save Land and Water Conservation Fund
By Brent Wilkes, LULAC Sometimes it’s easy to take things for granted. We may spend a Saturday with our families at a soccer game or cookout in a park, not […]
Donald Trump to tour U.S.-Mexico border
*I told myself I wouldn’t post any Trump stories today because he’s gotten enough free press without my help. Then he went and did this. He’ll be in Laredo tomorrow. […]
