NewsTaco To Go: Foreclosures, Toyota, PATRIOT Act, Roosters and Catholics

There’s some heavy stuff in your NewsTaco To Go this morning — foreclosures are up, cockfighting and the PATRIOT Act — then there’s a Catholic app and relief that Toyota’s […]

[Editor’s Note: This story was written by the Texas Observer’s Michael May and published Dec. 20, 2010 and is reproduced here as part of our partnership with the magazine.] Praying […]

Abortion doesn’t cause depression, the Middle East is blowing up, one school is purposefully segregation students, credit card rates are skyrocketing and today is the 25th anniversary of the Challenger […]

Quick roundup of your NewsTaco To Go this morning: Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, the color-coded threat system is out, breast implants may cause blood cancer, the world’s Muslim population […]

It’s been a crazy week, but 2011 is just getting started. We wanted to wrap up what was so that we can get down to the business of what will […]

Mexican Catholics, especially the ones that love the Virgen de Guadalupe, love Pope John Paul II — who is going to be beatification on May 1. This means that he […]

You have to love La Virgen de la Guadalupe — even if you’re not Catholic. She’s a singular, ubiquitous and unifying image for all Latinos that I know, and while everyone feels […]

I think a good modern name for this would be “Monroe Doctrine FAIL!” The United States has been woefully ignoring Mexico, Central and South American politics since at least September […]

NPR, while capable of some incredible journalism, did a half-assed job of trying to create a trend story this week that implied Latino Islam converts were somehow more dangerous or […]

By José Luis Aguirre It’s common to see images of Our Lady of Guadalupe on T-shirts, watches, bracelets, key chains, paintings, murals and even tattoos. Devotion to the patron saint of […]