End Poverty To Become A Healthier Nation

The department of housing and urban development announced that when women were relocated from the projects to wealthier neighborhoods the incidence of obesity and diabetes was significantly reduced. This is […]

The Pew Hispanic Center reported on data from the Census Bureau yesterday that highlights that Latinos have the highest percentage of people living in poverty than any other group. If you recall, […]

A new report  found that miscommunication ranks at the top of contributing factors for high rates of asthma among the Latino community. The report “Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma […]

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 seems like every time you turn around in Texas these days, there’s another young, educated Latino professional with political aspirations who’s either running for office — or just won […]

If there’s one thing former San Antonio City Councilman Philip Cortez is passionate about, it’s education. Not only does he say so, but recently NewsTaco had a chance to chat […]

By Esteban and Elizabeth Garcia Phoenix, Arizona — The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s changed our country forever. We went from a segregated society to all men being equal — […]

By Lacy MacAuley, otherwords.org I was standing on a street one evening near my home in Washington, DC — it seems like ages ago now — with a chatty friend […]

If there was one thing on the minds of the people in State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez’s district during the past legislative session, it was payday lending. NewsTaco spoke to Rodriguez […]

By María Cardona I appeared on a couple of segments on CNN this week where the topic was the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. A question raised was whether this was […]