Ready To See More Latinos On TV?

Ready To See More Latinos On TV?

Mary Mata May 18, 2011

Television networks and cable channels are seeing green and there’s only one thing they can do — get more Latinos on TV. As Latinos continue to grow as a population, […]

Making Race A Part Of News Reporting For No Reason

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

Recently a few sensationalistic stories came to light: women were found to be hiding things in their privates. Some of these women happened to be Latina. And, perhaps most amazingly, […]

Birthers To Obama: Show Us Your Papers

NewsTaco May 2, 2011

This has been bothering me since President Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate. Depending on who you talk to the release was either a brilliant political move or a raw capitulation. Trump and […]

Video Game Changes Immigrants For Snuggly Animals

NewsTaco April 29, 2011

Remember Smuggle Truck? It’s the video game we reported about where the object is to cross a truckload of undocumented people into, presumably, the US. The score was based on how many […]

Free Jolito!

NewsTaco April 27, 2011

Ten minutes is all it’ll take to watch this. It was posted in William Nericcio’s blog: The Tex[t]*Mex Galleryblog. Jolito is undoubtedly so Mexican, that he’s a bean: literally. Like […]

Bien Hecho: Washington’s Blanca Gonzalez Torres Honored By Legislature

Mary Mata April 19, 2011

Blanca Gonzalez Torres was an advocate for the Latino community in Washington state who died unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm last August. Last week she was honored by the state senate […]

Country Music Star Boycotts Arizona

NewsTaco April 18, 2011

It’s very common for Latinos in Texas to listen to country music. I’ve been at my share of quinceañeras where the dance floor crowds with raza line-dancing to Boot-Scootin’ Boogie. […]

The New Market Definition for “Hispanic”

NewsTaco April 15, 2011

What kind of Latino/a are you? If you’re like me your answer should be: What are the choices? Or better yet: Who’s asking? Within the community we’ve always known there were different […]

HGTV: Diversity On TV Means Money

Mary Mata April 13, 2011

NPR ran a great report today about how HGTV — that’ Home and Garden Television — was able to boost viewership by featuring Latinos, African Americans and Asians in roles […]

News Taco Moving Forward

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

Good evening everyone, by now you would have noticed our new website design. News Taco is growing and changing and it’s all because of you, our loyal readers, so thank […]