Rick Sanchez’s Firing Wasn’t Fair

Rick Sanchez’s Firing Wasn’t Fair

Mary Mata October 15, 2010

The Nation had an interesting piece about the Rick Sanchez firing from CNN recently.  Essentially what Leslie Savan says is that there are other factors at play, that Sanchez’s actions […]

101 Year-Old Texas Woman Finally Becomes a Citizen

Mary Mata October 12, 2010

I know I sure don’t need anyone to tell me that immigrants are among the heartiest, hardest working and most persevering folks you’ll ever meet, but CNN found one lady […]

There Ain’t No Prí­ncipe Azul Out There

Mary Mata October 11, 2010

So I’m a twentysomething, educated Latina, and obviously my Mexican relatives are all too eager for me to get married and start pumping out babies.  It’s just their way.  Imagine […]

NYT: Latinos will skip election over immigration

Mary Mata October 10, 2010

Like Latinos were turning out in humongous numbers and elevated percentages before, right? We’ll see. The opposite might be true, so says The New York Times.

Lou Dobbs, Un Hipócrita Bien Hecho

Mary Mata

In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock this week, I’d like to direct your attention to something that has NEVER before happened with conservatives on high horses:  the fall. […]

La Llorona is Alive…in LA…

Mary Mata

We all know about La Llorona, variously told by abuelita, about La Malinche or during Halloween/Día de los Muertos.  Well, now Universal Studios Hollywood has introduced her as part of […]

The Most Racist Political Ad You’ve Seen

Mary Mata

Courtesy of Nevada Republican (read:  Teabagger) senatorial candidate Sharron Angle. I like the reenactment by the scary brown people, I feel it gives a strong realism to the fear.  Don’t […]

Nielsen: 40% of New TV Homes Latino

Mary Mata October 5, 2010

Nielsen, the company that measures audiences on TV and elsewhere, has announced that 40% of TV homes in the upcoming 2010-2011 season will be Hispanic. This is an increase of […]

¡Qué se Casen! Less Americans Get Married

Mary Mata October 4, 2010

A study came out recently showing that less Americans are getting married, and more are just shacking up.  I’m sure this is driving mothers and grandmothers everywhere crazy.  The Population […]

Obama Loves La Virgen

Mary Mata

During a recent trip to Spain First Lady Michelle Obama told the priest in charge at the Casa Don Bosco in Ronda that President Barack Obama, “always carries a picture […]