News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Wisconsin, Decapitated Bald Eagle And More

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Wisconsin, Decapitated Bald Eagle And More

Mary Mata April 6, 2011

The government is on the verge of a shutdown as Republicans and Democrats have been unable to come to an agreement over the budget. A beheaded bald eagle was found […]

The States Where Latino Votes Will Matter In 2012

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]

News Taco To Go: Education, Employment, Obesity, Gulf Coast and Buget

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]

Racist Arizona Substitute Teacher Choked Wife, Abused Children & Family Dog

Mary Mata March 29, 2011

Anthony Hill, the racist substitute teacher who claimed his eighth grade class was filled with Latino students who only wanted to be gangbangers, is surprisingly a troubled individual. Excellent reporting by […]

The Wisdom of the Border: Where “Here” And “There” Are The Same

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Michael Seifert is an activist living in Brownsville, Texas. This post was re-published from his blog, Musings from Alongside a Border with permission.] Someone must have had a […]

VIDEO: Taking Kansas’ Peck To Task

Mary Mata

Presente.org’s campaign to gather 50,000 signatures to demand that Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck resign after calling for the shooting of immigrants from helicopters was wildly successful. Presente.org’s National Campaign Director […]

AZ Senate Says NO to Immigration Bills

NewsTaco March 18, 2011

I read the reports twice, just to make sure, then I went back to read them again. There were five bills dealing with stringent measures that would add spikes to […]

Rick Perry And The GOP Destroying Schools For Latino Kids

Mary Mata March 14, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry met last week with GOP leaders of the state to urge them, again, to not raid the state’s $9 billion rainy day fund to stem the bleeding of […]

News Taco To Go: Muslims, Earthquakes, Libya, Union Busting And Child Abuse

Mary Mata March 10, 2011

Republicans in Wisconsin stripped away collective bargaining from public workers. Labor is vowing to recall GOP politicians and fight back. GOP Congressman Peter King is going after Muslims today — […]

New Hampshire GOP: College Kids Shouldn’t Vote Because They’re Idealistic

NewsTaco March 8, 2011

The new Republican speaker of the House in the New Hampshire state legislature wants to take away college students’ right to vote, he says they lack life experience and “vote […]