‘La vida ingeniosa y creativa de Junot Díaz’

‘La vida ingeniosa y creativa de Junot Díaz’

NewsTaco November 30, 2012

Por Ana Gamboa , AL DÍA La pregunta nunca tuvo una respuesta clara ¿Qué más podría escribir sobre Junot Díaz que no haya aparecido ya en todos los medios? Cuando […]

What Latinos Want – Immigration Reform Bill

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By Gary Segura, Latino Decisions The results of the 2012 election have awakened the Republican Party to their impending demographic disaster. Substantial growth in the size and power of the […]

Bien Hecho: Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

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By Kayla Gonzalez, LIN@R He is the immigrant farm-worker who turned neurosurgeon, runs marathons, does research, mentoring, fundraising and keeps his Blog “Q’s Quest” up to date.  But Dr. Alfredo […]

U.S. Birth Rate Decline is Greatest Among Immigrants

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PRESS RELEASE The U.S. birth rate dipped in 2011 to the lowest ever recorded, led by a plunge in births to immigrant women after the onset of the Great Recession, according […]

What kind of Latino am I?

Mary Mata November 29, 2012

By Daniel Alarcón Last April I was invited to a literary fundraiser of sorts. It was a fancy affair, full of very wealthy people and well-dressed waiters carrying trays of […]

Latino Vote Key To Replace Jesse Jackson Jr.

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By Janell Ross, Huffington Post Latino Voices In 2011, as Illinois politicians redrew congressional district maps, they exercised a power grab that was intended to protect those already in office or even […]

Latina Politicians Battling in Texas

Mary Mata November 28, 2012

By Hector Luis Alamo Jr., Being Latino Two Latinas are battling it out in Texas — and, no, they’re not clawing at each other over a suave macho like in […]

RIP, Hector: Let’s Put the Ideology of Individualism to Rest

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By Bella Vida Letty, Latino Rebels Another Puerto Rican man was murdered over the holiday. You’ve heard his name before, it was Hector. (In fact, Hector was one of more than 20 […]

Immigrant Lives Devastated in Wake of Superstorm Sandy

NewsTaco November 27, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco As usually happens, news stories about natural disasters and their aftermath in the U.S. miss the devastating effect that storms and earthquakes and such have on the communities of undocumented […]

As Technology Advances, Latinos Lag Behind in Use

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By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Advances in technology have had a profound effect on everyday life for Americans as the use of cell phones, computers and other technologies have exploded in […]