The War On The Middle Class Is A War On Latino Families

The War On The Middle Class Is A War On Latino Families

Mary Mata April 14, 2011

If you haven’t seen the infographic from The Center for American Progress depicting the stark contrast between middle and working class program cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy, you […]

8 States Try to Keep Immigration Laws Alive

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Just when you thought it was over… The Week.com is reporting that 8 states, besides Arizona, are working on Arizona-style immigration laws,with the effort to purge their states of undocumented […]

Discrimination Against Gay Immigrants

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Imagine. if you can, discrimination inside an immigration detention facility. That would be like a swift kick at a slap festival. But that’s exactly what’s been happening at several immigration […]

What If Congress Reflected The U.S. Population?

Mary Mata April 13, 2011

In an amazing graphic, Good Magazine shows us how deficient Congress is as a “representative” body for the United States. The graphic shows demographic data for the U.S. and compares […]

L.A.’s Border Between Racism And Discrimination

Mary Mata

Some establishments address me in English and Spanish as well, but there is a third party that speaks to me in a loud monosyllabic Spanish reminiscent of how ignorant people […]

A Latino Civil War Lieutenant: Augusto Rodríguez

Mary Mata

By Efrain Nieves This week marks the 150th anniversary of the start of American Civil War. In an effort to link up our contribution, albeit not often mentioned, during the civil war […]

The Browning of America – In Context

NewsTaco April 12, 2011

It’s happening, but we can’t let it happen on its own – the Census tells us, what we know tells us, what we see and hear tell us, America is […]

News Taco To Go: Arizona’s Law, Budget, Civil War, Japan’s Radiation And More

Mary Mata

The judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, was unconstitutional. Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the […]

Tons Of Money Coming For Redistricting Fights

Mary Mata April 11, 2011

As we reported last week, redistricting in places where Latinos pushed most of the growth (like Texas), are getting their redistricting fights on. Now The Atlantic reports that this already […]

Hollywood’s Bias Against Latino Actors, Films

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: Fanny Veliz is an actor and filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles.] Latinos are the largest minority in this country, yet one of the least represented in the […]