Texas Rep Joaquín Castro To Run For Congress

Texas Rep Joaquín Castro To Run For Congress

Mary Mata June 25, 2011

Current Texas State Rep. out of San Antonio Joaquín Castro is set to run for a newly-redistricted congressional seat, which will probably see some minor adjustments in court, against longtime […]

John McCain Uses One Fire To Start Another

Mary Mata June 24, 2011

By Randy Parraz Most recently Arizona has been in the national headlines because of the outbreak of wildfires. At no time in our history have we ever experienced fires of […]

Thoughts On America As The Future Mother Of A Non-White Baby

Mary Mata June 23, 2011

So I neither have children, nor am I pregnant. Despite these minor details, I do hope one day to make babies and race through my own familial bliss. But as […]

Let’s Mobilize 1 Million Latino Voters In 10 Texas Cities

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

By the 2012 presidential election, I believe that we can achieve a 60% Latino voter rate in the state Texas. We have just under five hundred days to mobilize a […]

Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain

Mary Mata June 21, 2011

It was inevitable.  John McCain and company have figured it all out. And now they have called out Mexicans for their dastardly, mustache-twirling ways.  In a recent press conference, McCain […]

El Cucuy Scores Big For Immigrants

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It looks like El Diablo scared some sense into the conservative Southern Baptist congregation. Some background: The Southern Baptists had a two-day convention in Phoenix where they talked about their […]

Texas GOP Redistricting Plan: Biased, Prejudiced, Bigoted

Mary Mata June 20, 2011

News Taco interviewed Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and San Antonio-area Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, who spoke to us about the prejudicial undertones of the Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan in […]

Arizona One Step Closer To Destroying Ethnic Studies

Mary Mata June 16, 2011

Arizona Schools Chief John Huppenthal announced Wednesday that the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program was in violation of state laws. He conveniently gave no alternative for the district […]

Anti-Immigrant Laws Moving To Moderate States Next

Mary Mata

Anti-immigrant laws could soon emerge in states that have traditionally stayed away from passing the divisive legislation within their borders, according to the author of two of the harshest immigration […]

News Taco To Go: Farmworkers, Tea Party, Surnames & Census

Mary Mata

Texas, The U.S. Becoming More Latino Lots Of Latinos Don’t Have spanish Surnames (Like Me) Racist Statement Uncovers Real Tea Party California Law To Give Farmworkers Union Rights