News Taco To Go: Felons, Border War, Wisconsin, Pesticides

News Taco To Go: Felons, Border War, Wisconsin, Pesticides

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Latinos, Immigrants Comprise Half Of Federal Felons Hometown Exile: Saying Goodbye To Visiting Mexico Latinos In Wisconsin Organize To Ensure Representation Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California  

Are Mexicans Taking A Cue From Egyptian Protests?

Mary Mata May 6, 2011

By Melissa del Bosque “This is going to be huge, like nothing Mexico has ever seen before,” says college student Arnulfo Manriquez. “It’s going to be beautiful.” Today, thousands of […]

Texas’ Latino Population Growth Absent On University Campuses

Mary Mata May 3, 2011

Texas has grown by leaps and bounds and it’s almost wholly due to Latino population growth. What this means for the state, or for the politicos that run it, is […]

Latino Dropout Rate Reaches 28 Percent

Mary Mata May 2, 2011

The National Council of La Raza recently released a study that indicated a Hispanic dropout rate of 28 percent. The report also included strategy recommendations to improve the opportunities of […]

Bien Hecho: Carlos Guerra’s Scholarship For 1st-Generation College Students

Mary Mata April 12, 2011

Some people are so larger-than-life that when it’s time to talk about them, you feel speechless. That’s how I feel now writing this post about our late colleague, Carlos Guerra. […]

Bien Hecho: Puerto Rican Students Win NASA Moonbuggy Race

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

Students from Puerto Rico took the top prizes in the high school and college division in the NASA Great Moonbuggy Race this year. The teams came from Teodoro Aguilar Mora […]

Puerto Rican Student Protestors Beaten, Assaulted

Mary Mata February 25, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a press release from the ACLU.] While the world celebrates the democratic revolution in Egypt, major violations of basic human rights are occurring in our own […]

Majority California Students Latino

Mary Mata December 14, 2010

Latino students make up 51% of California’s school students, that’s 3.1 million kids, making Latinos the majority in this state’s school system. At the same time, 25% of Latino students […]