Univision Announces Dates for “Meet the Candidates” Forums
Univision Announces Dates for “Meet the Candidates” Forums
By Verónica Villafañe, Media Moves Mark your calendars! Univision News and Facebook will host their “Meet the Candidates” conversations with Republican presidential candidate, Governor Mitt Romney next Wednesday, September 19, 2012 and with President Barack Obama’s on […]
Dispatches from China: Settling in and the Unsettling
By Hector Flores AKA @chicanochino, NewsTaco Arriving in Guangzhou after a delayed flight from LA to Hong Kong, my nerves are shot. I can only think and hope for a […]
NHMC: Negative Media Portrayals of Latinos and Immigrants
By Latino Rebels This morning in Washington, the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) released the results of a national poll “showing that media portrayals of Latinos and immigrants are fueling rampant negative stereotypes among […]
New Chupacabra Book Review: Aztlan
From the textmex obsessed imagination of William A. Nericcio My review of Benjamin Radford’s rad book on the Chupacabra for the University of New Mexico Press,Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast […]
What Patriotism Means for Latinos in a post 9/11 World
By Robert Valencia, Latinovations The 9/11 aftermath created a ripple effect in the Hispanic community in both sides of the border. After the September 11 attacks, a seemingly friendlier immigration […]
My Family Said I’m Not Latino
By Melanie Mendez-Gonzales, NewsTaco My blog, ¿Qué Means What?, began because I found it liberating to share with others (whoever could find me online) about my ‘identity crisis’. You know the not […]
9/11 REMEMBRANCE: Rivera, Ramirez, Cardenaz — RIP
By Sam Quiñonez, A Reporter’s Blog In the wake of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I thought it appropriate to list some of the obituaries […]
OMG! Latino Teens Text The Most while Driving
By Tania Haiman, Being Latino A recent study by AT&T revealed that 54 percent of Latino teens “admit to texting while driving compared to 41% of Caucasians and 42% of African-American teenagers.” […]
Speaking Spanish Can Make Or Break Latino Politicos
By Tony Castro, Voxxi The most beloved Hispanic politician I have known in a long history of reporting on Latino politics wasn’t even Hispanic. He was a Baptist Irishman who […]
Clorox Is Clueless About Marketing To Latinos
By Latino Rebels After we stopped chuckling and shaking our heads about the Clorox Latino “refranes de mi abuela”campaign, we asked ourselves: does Clorox really not have a clue about marketing to […]
