CafePress Removes Anti-Mexican Products Page
CafePress Removes Anti-Mexican Products Page
How quickly things change when good people speak up. Yesterday NewsTaco brought to light the repulsive products and racist anti-Mexican products that were being sold through CafePress. A group that […]
Fight For Mexican American Studies About The Future, Our Children
By Matt Mendez, Librotraficante.com I am waiting for Marjorie Ann — my wife, Marlo, is seven months pregnant with her. Our soon-to-arrive daughter is named after her grandmother, my wife’s […]
When Gentrification Goes Wrong: Chicago Bakery’s Racist Snafu
By Jose Cruz, OurTiempo.com Last week In less than 48 hours a controversy erupted within the Humbolt Park community of Chicago. Local Bucktown bakery Tipsy Cake owner Naomi Levine’s insensitive comments […]
NewsTaco Roundup: February 20 – 25, 2012
Self-deportation takes on a new meaning this week with my top pick, a story lamenting the sad story of massive deportations of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression. There was […]
CA Apology To Deported Mexican Americans 80 Years Too Late
There are many parallels between what’s happening today with regard to immigration in America, and what happened 80 years ago during the Great Depression. The obvious comparisons are the economic […]
Arizona To Create An “Armed Militia” Along Its Border
America for the most part has been cringing and shaking it’s head at the state of Arizona’s absurd behavior in recent years. Aside from the few advocating that we should […]
Race Does Exist — In The Way We Treat Each Other
A few days ago, an acquaintance of mine said that “race doesn’t exist.” This honestly was a bit confusing to me. Our entire nation and world are affected by race daily on the […]
Texas Teacher To Latino Student: “Go Back To Mexico”
Shirley Bunn said something several months ago that has slowly been gaining notoriety, a notoriety that seems to be growing with time. She’s a math teacher at a junior high school in […]
Voter ID Laws Place The Rights Of Americans Under Attack
By U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez The 14th Amendment to the Constitution forbids any state to infringe on “the right to vote” for any citizen. But that right is under attack. There is […]
Latino Students Protest Romney’s Visit To Arizona
While Republican president hopeful Mitt Romney visited the State of Arizona, a group of young Latinos protested his visit due to his stance on immigration reform and the Development Relief […]
