Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans

Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans

Mary Mata June 28, 2011

I recently joined the staff of the VOCES Oral History Project, which illustrates the experiences of Latino veterans and their families. I came aboard glowing with a passion for military […]

News Taco To Go: Georgia, Perry, Latino Politicos & Voters

Mary Mata

Perry Bombs At National Latino Conference How Many Is Too Many Latino Elected Officials? Georgia’s Immigration Law Blocked By Federal Judge Want Latinos To Vote? Just Ask

Achievement Gaps Between White And Latino Students

Mary Mata June 27, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the executive summary for a report released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. You can read the entire report here.] The […]

How Many Is “Too Many” Latino Elected Officials?

Mary Mata

By Dr. Henry Flores, Ph.D. The reason we can’t get anything done in the Texas state legislature is that there are too many Latinos elected to that “august body.” So […]

Perry Bombs At National Latino Conference

Mary Mata

By Melissa Del Bosque Thursday in San Antonio, the national press got one of their first honest-to-God looks at Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential potential. They got to evaluate his candidate […]

Texas Gov. Perry Gets Cold Reception At NALEO Conference

NewsTaco June 24, 2011

There was a point during Texas Governor Rick Perry’s speech to a packed lunch crowd at this year’s National Association of  Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference that I […]

White Babies In Minority, Latinos Growing On Both Coasts

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

The big news this morning is that white babies are now in the minority, while non-white babies make up the majority currently being born in the United States. We’ve written […]

U.S. Is Failing Latino Boys

NewsTaco June 22, 2011

The way things stand, we have failed Latino boys. Twenty percent of Latino boys in the United States drop out of high school – that’s according to the National Center […]

News Taco To Go: Green Energy, Latino Cities, McCain & China

Mary Mata

Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy The Top 10 Cities With The Largest Latino Populations Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain Mexico Buys American and the U.S. Buys Chinese

El Cucuy Scores Big For Immigrants

NewsTaco June 21, 2011

It looks like El Diablo scared some sense into the conservative Southern Baptist congregation. Some background: The Southern Baptists had a two-day convention in Phoenix where they talked about their […]