Lawsuit Over LA County Latino Seat In The Works

In Los Angeles County earlier this year race came front and center when the Board of Supervisors voted down the creation of another Latino seat and now it seems a […]

Most of my friends were always amazed by the way I acted around my mother. I never drank around her and nor did she ever see me drunk.  I never […]

A few weeks ago, one of the greatest Mexican-American icons passed away. His smiling face brought joys to many. He was a polarizing individual – those who loved him would […]

The numerous speakers in Thelma T. Reyna’s poetry chapbook, Breath & Bone (Finishing Line Press, 2011), oscillate between the temporary flesh of nostalgia (breath) and the spiritual threat of violence […]

As a child, Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays. It was one of the few times during the year where I did not have a bedtime. My costumes […]

A great story from The Los Angeles Times this week breaks down the complexity of the Mexican immigrant-powered accent particular to people who grew up near or in the East […]

Workers at a Santa Monica, California car wash were recently victorious in their efforts to unionize. Bonus Car Wash workers have been working towards a union since 2008 and with […]

It was not unusual for me to be enrolled in night school when I attended East Los Angeles College. Classes would go until 10 p.m. and the student body’s groans […]

La Raza Galeria Posada, a Sacramento forum for Latino arts could be shut down soon due to budget cuts and other financial pressures while the recently inaugurated La Plaza de […]

As you may have read in our post yesterday, NewsTaco visited Occupy LA over the weekend. As we wrote, we found a mixed bag of protestors, students, parents, activists, unemployed folk, paleteros and […]