Alaska Rep. Young Apologizes for Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
Alaska Rep. Young Apologizes for Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
By Justin Sink, The Hill Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) issued an apology Thursday after using the term “wetbacks” to describe Latino workers on his family farm. “During a sit down […]
Being Other in Philly
By Al Dia Editorial Staff A deeply troubling piece of journalism and an equally troubling publishing decision by Philadelphia Magazine is garnering lots of attention. From all of us. The […]
Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day
By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years. I began reading about racism while I […]
Are We Latinos Too Thin-Skinned?
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/Schulte_Sean/status/310915024841474049″] By Al Dia Editorial Staff As a Latino, how you answer that question may depend on your age A long batch of tweets excoriating ESPN for broadcasting the […]
Fast Growth of Latino Population Blurs Traditional U.S. Racial Lines
By Associated Press/ New York Daily News WASHINGTON — Welcome to the new off-white America. A historic decline in the number of U.S. whites and the fast growth of Latinos […]
TX Legislators Would Cut Ethnic Studies in College Requirements
By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Students at public universities in Texas may no longer be able to take courses focusing on racial, ethnic or gender history to fulfill their core requirements for […]
Libro traficante – Smuggling Banned Books INTO Arizona
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We’re big fans of Tony Diaz, AKA el Librotraficante, and the work he’s doing to shed light on the issue of banned Latino books. When the […]
Could Report Put Thomas Perez’s Nomination in Jeopardy?
By Fox News Latino President Obama’s rumored choice for labor secretary could face difficulty in the confirmation process now that a new inspector general’s report says Thomas Perez gave incomplete […]
Latino Students Attending Increasingly Segregated Schools in Virginia
By Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post Latinos, the largest minority group in Northern Virginia, are attending increasingly segregated schools, according to a report released Tuesday that examines enrollment patterns across the […]
Boston Globe Columnist Says Spanish Is Killing U.S. Unity
By Julito, Latino Rebels Yes, familia, even opinion writers in blue state Massachusetts show their cultural ignorance once in a while. Take the case of The Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby, a […]
