‘Inocente,’ Short Documentary of Immigrant Wins Oscar

‘Inocente,’ Short Documentary of Immigrant Wins Oscar

Mary Mata February 26, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi There were no political speeches pressing for immigration reform at Sunday’s 85th Academy Awards, but a documentary short about an undocumented immigrant was one of the […]

DC Comics Unveils Revamped Latino Superhero

Mary Mata February 25, 2013

By Victor Garcia, Fox News Latino While Marvel Comics has taken to creating new Latino heroes from scratch, DC Comics still isn’t done working with some of its old ones. DC […]

Lupe Ontiveros Omitted from Oscar Memorial Ignites Controversy

Mary Mata

By Nina Terrero, NBCLatino Lupe Ontiveros appeared in more than 100 films and dozens of television shows before passing away from liver cancer in July 2012 and was praised by members of the […]

Can Fox News Become More Latino- Friendly?

Mary Mata February 12, 2013

By Eliza Gray, New Republic Roger Ailes is kvetching. “The president likes to divide people into groups,” he huffs into the phone. “He’s too busy getting the middle class to […]

“God Made a Farmer” Super Bowl Commercial Ignores Reality

Mary Mata February 4, 2013

By Latino Rebels One of the most talked-about commercials from the Super Bowl is Dodge Ram’s “God Made a Farmer” ad, which celebrates American farming as the late conservative personality […]

FCC Chairman’s Legacy: Ignoring Diversity

Mary Mata January 29, 2013

By Joseph Torres, New America Media Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to allow greater media consolidation in local markets could wipe out many of the remaining TV station […]

How Latinos are Changing the blogger Landscape

Mary Mata January 25, 2013

By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA How has the Latino blogosphere changed as more people tweet and use tumblr and as big companies use new media to reach out to Latinos? […]

Raquel Welch, INTERVIEW: One Million B. C.

Mary Mata January 17, 2013

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio San Diego State University alum* Raquel Welch (née Jo Raquel Tejada), star of One Million Years B.C., and a regular on the Textmex Galleryblog appears here on […]

Argo’s real Tony Mendez: “I’m not Hispanic”

Mary Mata January 11, 2013

By Jack Rico, NBC Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo screenshot courtesy jakethemovieguy YouTube page]

Telenovela Fantasy Series Brings HIV/AIDS Reality to Web

Mary Mata December 20, 2012

By EGP News/New America Media An original telenovela set in East Los Angeles, with a suspenseful plot involving infidelity, family secrets and homophobia, launched on the Internet Nov 30, just […]