Coloradans Campaign To Bring Back Latino Radio Show Host

Coloradans Campaign To Bring Back Latino Radio Show Host

Mary Mata January 17, 2012

Mario Solis-Marich was a radio show host in Colorado at KKZN AM760 for three years, until he said he was unceremoniously told midday on December 1 that his show was […]

María Hinojosa Film Sparks Immigrant Sexual Abuse Inquiry

Mary Mata

Democratic Congressman Jared Polis co-authored a letter this week asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch an investigation into sexual violence against immigrants in the custody of the Department […]

Want To Support Latinos In The Media? Turn Off Your TV

Mary Mata January 13, 2012

By Julia Ahumada Grob and Jazmin Chavez, Latino Rebels The 2010 Census revealed that with over 50 million Latinos in the United States, 1 out of every 6 people are of Hispanic or […]

What’s It Like To “Choose” Between Being Black Or Latino?

Mary Mata

Mun2 TV created a very compelling video filled with interviews from afro-Latinos discussing their trials and tribulations with living in a world that tries to force them to “choose” between […]

A 2011 Retrospective Of Latino Struggles

Mary Mata January 12, 2012

By Luis A. Martinez As 2011 has come to a close, I reflect on the struggles Latinos across the country have endured this past year. This moment of reflection is […]

KKK Recruiting In Oklahoma Doesn’t Go So Well

Mary Mata January 10, 2012

An attempt by members of the United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, to recruit new “knights” ended up doing a bit of the opposite, […]

Latino Civil Rights Figures: Rubén Salazar

Mary Mata January 9, 2012

Rubén Salazar was born in 1928 in Ciudad Juárez,, Mexico. Through his journalism career in El Paso and later Los Angeles, Salazar became the first Mexican-American to cover the Chicano community […]

ABC Works The Stereotypes In “Work It”

Mary Mata January 5, 2012

Recently, I came across a clip of the new ABC sitcom called “Work It” that disparages Latinos, Puerto Ricans in particular by associating them with drug dealing. That’s not even […]

Latinos Spent $5 Billion On Mobile Devices During The Holidays

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If you’re Latino and you’re reading this on your fancy-shmancy new iPad, you’re not alone. A survey of Latino holiday spending estimates that Latinos may have spent up to $5 […]

Latino Satire, Comedy Site Pocho.com Launches Today

Mary Mata January 2, 2012

Pocho.com aims to be the go to place for Latinos in United States looking for their fix of satire and comedy. If the name sounds familiar, it may be because […]