Why A New Texas Republicano Matters

Texas State Representative Aaron Peña just switched parties this week, from Democrat to Republican, conveniently a month after his mostly-Democratic constituency re-elected him after eight years of service to them. […]

President Barack Obama is set to revamp his staff next year and — in a surprise NewsTaco has been anticipating — no Latinos are slated to be on board, at […]

Remember Hazleton, PA? Not as in “last time you were there,” but as in the headlines the town generated back in 2006. That was when Hazelton’s city council considered restrictive […]

[Latinalista.net‘s Marisa Treviño published a great piece about a growing wave among Latino Republicans against their fellow GOP’ers who have acted against passage of the DREAM Act. It’s good, it’s […]

I don’t know if there’s a rock big enough for Tom Tacnredo to hide under, but he needs to find it fast, if only to take a breath. The folks […]

[Editor’s Note: Armando Cepeda is an artist and educator in Riverside, California who shared his DREAM Act cartoon with us. To see more of his work visit www.arteganas.com]

The US House of Representatives got it together and passed the controversial DREAM Act legislation by a vote of 216-198. So that much is done. What comes next, though, may not […]

Tons of Latinos are fixin’ to hit voting age. It’s true. The Census said so. Victor Landa wrote earlier today about Census estimates on Latinos, but another recent report noted […]

Turns out President Barack Obama’s record deportations this past year — 392,862 in a pathetic effort to show the Republicans the Dems could be “tough” on crime — came at […]

A startling and heretofore unnoticed “study” was released Friday that sets the groundwork for balancing state budget on the backs of impoverished and disabled children and seniors. The Texas Health […]