News Taco To Go: Brisenia, Frida, Stereotypes, Verdict, MLB

News Taco To Go: Brisenia, Frida, Stereotypes, Verdict, MLB

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

Caylee Vs. Brisenia: Why The Difference In Coverage? Today Is Frida Kahlo’s Birthday Top 5 Stereotypes Of Latino Professionals Man Convicted Of Racially Charged Murder Of Latino Neighbor Boycotting The […]

Caylee & Brisenia: Why The Difference In Coverage?

NewsTaco July 6, 2011

When was the last time you heard Nancy Grace rail obnoxiously from the television screen about the murder of Brisenia Flores? You know who I’m talking about – it’s hard […]

Will Latinos Boycott Baseball’s All-Star Game?

NewsTaco July 5, 2011

Should Latino players boycott Major League Baseball’s highest profile game of the year? Next to the deciding game of the World Series, the MLB All-Star Game is probably the most […]

The Spanish, Tejano & Latino Contributions To Independence

Mary Mata July 4, 2011

By Dan Arellano In all of the wars that this great country has been involved in Americans of Mexican/Spanish descent have always been amongst the first to fight, the most […]

¡Happy Cuatro!

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I spent some time last night with my Dad watching Texas Ranger baseball on the TV. He’s been around for more than 90 of the U.S.’s 235 years, and he’s […]

Initiatives Target Improving Latino Health

Mary Mata July 1, 2011

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from LULAC.] America’s health challenges include dramatic increases in diabetes, obesity, heart ailments and other diseases driven by sedentary lifestyles, obesity and […]

Social Security Central To Latino Community’s Future

Mary Mata

By Hector E. Sanchez As featured in the Huffington Post: Social Security is central to the economic security of all Latinos, young and old alike. For 75 years it has […]

Latinos Are Leaving Alabama; Who Will Rebuild After Tornados?

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Alabama lawmakers should have thought this thing through. When Governor Robert Bentley signed that state’s new immigration law he boasted, according to a Bloomberg Buisinessweek  report,  that it was “the […]

Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Fertile, Plotting (Smirking) Latinos

Mary Mata June 30, 2011

It’s been a week dominated by sinvergüenzas (as it usually is).  The Pope tweeted for the first time (El Guapo has it on good authority he desperately tweeted to win […]

Latino Students Are Not The Children Of Sanchez

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Latino students from kindergarten through high school are, on average, two years behind their white peers. That much is proven fact. But it’s not the most distressing news. The unacceptable […]