El Camino For Latinos Into STEM

El Camino For Latinos Into STEM

Mary Mata August 3, 2011

By Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez One in five children in the U.S. today is Latino. If we are to survive in this increasingly globalized world, we’ll need all the science, technology, […]

How Do We Define Machismo?

Mary Mata

Machismo, in my life, reminds me of songs like José Alfredo Jiménez’s “Mi Palabra es la Ley.” That paves the way to manliness. Boys will be boys, you know. So […]

Marvel Comics Unveils Latino Spider-Man

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None of us was surprised when Quique, arguably the most gullible of our little band of street urchins, jumped off the roof of his house with a towel tied around his neck, draping down […]

We Need More Latinos Involved In Math & Science

Mary Mata July 26, 2011

By Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez I have a proposition for us Latinos. A revolution of sorts, and one that is ripe for the making: Latinos need to become a force to […]

Latino Immigration Informs U.S., Canadian Growth

Mary Mata

By Dr. Roberto R. Calderón Total fertility rate (births per woman) for all the four nations examined here will continue to drop between 2011 and 2050. Mexico’s fertility rate has been […]

Obama Needs More Than A Latino Dance Partner

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Before President Obama took to the prime-time airwaves to state his case for how the debt ceiling should be lifted, he brought his talking points out for a test run […]

Austin Police Already Have A Problem With Racial Profiling

Mary Mata July 22, 2011

By Hannah Carney It’s no secret that the heated debate over immigration during the recent legislative session deepened the divide between minority communities and the Anglo establishment over the role […]

Wall Street Reform Benefits Latinos

Mary Mata

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the U.S. Treasury.] Too many responsible Latinos have paid the price for an outdated regulatory system that left our financial system […]

NALEO Calls On Obama To Act On Priorities for U.S. Latinos

Mary Mata

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from NALEO.] The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) issued the following statement today calling on President Obama to […]

Latino Politics Is Not Separate From American Politics

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First things first: Latino politics is American politics. It isn’t a particular flavor of American politics, a separate segment of American politics or a special interest of American politics. It […]