Poll: Latinos Now Less Likely to Report Crimes to Police

Poll: Latinos Now Less Likely to Report Crimes to Police

Mary Mata May 8, 2013

By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – Many Latinos say they are less likely than before to report crimes because local police are increasingly involved in enforcing immigration laws, […]

Latinos Committed to Clean Air & Preventing Climate Change

Mary Mata May 7, 2013

By Adrian Pantoja, PhD, Latino Decisions Contrary to popular assumptions, Latinos are not a single issue group. Like many other Americans, Latinos care deeply about a variety of issues, including protecting […]

Latino Now Largest Ethnic Group in Texas’ Public Schools

Mary Mata May 6, 2013

By Yvonne Marquez and Lule Winkie, Dallas Morning News Hispanics have passed whites as the largest ethnic group in Texas schools, making up almost 51 percent of public school enrollment. […]

Latino Jobless Rate Hits 4 Year Low, But Not All Good News

Mary Mata

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi The U.S. employment report released Friday shows the Latino unemployment rate in April dropped to 9.0 percent, down from 9.2 in March. The latest unemployment rate for […]

Latino Leaders Hold Obama Accountable On Immigration, Cabinet Diversity

Mary Mata

By Brian Llenas, Fox News Latino Latino leaders took President Barack Obama to task over the lack of diversity in his cabinet in a closed-door “listening session” this week, just […]

Finding Justice for Latino Farmers Proves Elusive

Mary Mata May 3, 2013

By Rebecca Villaneda, Hispanic Business As the deadline passed this week for Hispanic farmers to file claims alleging discrimination by the USDA, many farmers aren’t sure they’ll ever receive justice. […]

Mexican American Honored as WWII Vet and Holocaust Survivor

Mary Mata April 30, 2013

By Vanessa A. Alvarez, NBCLatino Anthony Acevedo is one of the World War II veterans being honored today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th Anniversary Tribute in Washington, D.C. But unlike his fellow honorees, […]

White House Task: FCC Focused on Digital Literacy & Diversity

Mary Mata April 26, 2013

By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the independent agency that regulates the Internet and the nation’s telecommunications and broadcasting industries, is hiring in 2013. Two positions are […]

Latinos Invited to Vote for the American Latino Museum 2013 Campaign

NewsTaco April 24, 2013

By Yesica Lopez,  NBCLatino Friends of the American Latino Museum are letting you decide what their 2013 will look like. The second annual Campaign Design Contest has announced the five finalists. “We are […]

Latino Freelance Photo journalist Wins Pulitzer

NewsTaco April 23, 2013

By Veronica Villafañe, Media Moves Javier Manzano has won the 2013 Pulitzer prize for feature photography.  He is the first freelance photographer to win a Pulitzer in 17 years. Described by […]