Pennsylvania Town Sees First Latino Valedictorian

Pennsylvania Town Sees First Latino Valedictorian

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Reading, Pennsylvania has seen a rapidly growing Latino community over the last decade. According to usatoday.com,  Latinos account for 58% of Reading’s population,  72% of Reading high school students ,  and […]

News Taco To Go: Boys, Votes, Obama, Babies & Violence

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

The U.S. is failing Latino Boys Let’s Mobilize One Million Latino Voters In 10 Texas Cities Obama Issues Dream Act Into Law Via Memo All The Reasons I Don’t Need […]

Enchiladas With Huitlacoche Sauce

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

By Melissa Pitts Before you judge the black, smokey corn smut known as huitlacoche, give it try with these easy and delicious enchiladas! While this is a vegetarian version, you […]

Looking For The Last Place In Monterrey That’s Safe

Mary Mata

By Wuicho Vargas McAllen, Texas — It has been more than three years, and the violence in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas has not come to an end.  It has gotten […]

News Taco To Go: Green Energy, Latino Cities, McCain & China

Mary Mata

Latino Politician Takes Lead On Green Energy Policy The Top 10 Cities With The Largest Latino Populations Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain Mexico Buys American and the U.S. Buys Chinese

Mexico Buys American, And The U.S. Buys Chinese

Mary Mata June 21, 2011

By Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez Mexico City, Mexico — My daughter had a really good week at school; to celebrate, I took her to California Pizza Kitchen. (It was either […]

Floating On The Border

Mary Mata June 20, 2011

By Belinda Acosta My father was born in Xilitla, a speck near another speck in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. To hear him talk, Xilitla is heaven on earth. The women […]

How Has 40 Years Of The Drug War Affected Latinos?

Mary Mata June 17, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This column is written by Lalo Alcaraz, a cartoonist, artist and creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha.”] It’s been 40 years […]

Aztec Cake, Or, Mexican Lasgana

Mary Mata

By Abigail García This Aztec “cake” is a form of Mexican lasagna. It’s tortillas layered with cheese and chicken and finished off in the oven. Pictured here is an individual […]

Easy Chicken Mole

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

By Melissa Pitts Making mole can be a long and often frustrating journey. It often takes several different specialty food stores, a few days, and the criticism that it doesn’t […]