Mary Gonzalez, First Openly Pansexual Legislator, Explains How She Is Changing Minds In Texas

Mary Gonzalez, First Openly Pansexual Legislator, Explains How She Is Changing Minds In Texas

NewsTaco June 29, 2015

*Friday’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage is talked about as an end to a long struggle, but it’s also the beginning of a new, long road. Congress and state […]

Politics and the abuse of language

NewsTaco May 26, 2015

By  Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco Don’t you just love languages? They carry the thoughts, feelings and deepest sentiments of a people.  Language describes and defines.  Language expresses philosophies, ideologies and […]

Why Is Texas ‘Really’ Not Expanding the Medicaid Program?

NewsTaco May 13, 2015

By Juan H. Flores, NewsTaco Texas legislators are holding firm in their decision not to accept the 66 billion in federal dollars available under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to expand […]

Federal judge refuses to lift injunction on Obama’s immigration order

NewsTaco April 8, 2015

*Aside from the obvious news about the legal battle over the president’s executive action on immigration, I found this article interesting on two levels. One is the backdoor posturing and […]

Texas House apparently headed in different direction on illegal immigration issue

NewsTaco April 6, 2015

*On the surface, this is so unlike Texas. A Republican state legislator filed a bill to give driving permits to undocumented workers? While the Texas Senate talks about tightening the laws […]

It’s what is in Your Heart That Counts

NewsTaco April 1, 2015

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the current debate around whether the State of Texas should allow the confederate battle flag symbol to be imprinted on the state’s […]

Who Really Owns Ted Cruz?

NewsTaco March 31, 2015

*This article was first published in June of 2013, in SomosRepublicanos.com. It’s republished here, with the author’s permission, in light of Ted Cruz’s recent entrance into the 2016 Presidential race. […]

Marcos Ronquillo Wants to Be Dallas’ First Latino Mayor

NewsTaco March 26, 2015

*Here we go. Another Latino running for Mayor of one of the largest cities in the country. This Latino is named Marcos Ronquillo, and he’s running for Mayor of Dallas. […]

Road to the White House is through Latino Texas

NewsTaco March 19, 2015

*If Texas is a microcosm of Latinos in the U.S. – I know there are outliers: Florida, to name one – the this is significant. It proves a hunch. What […]

Cruz Heavy on Border Rhetoric, Light on Trips

NewsTaco March 16, 2015

*It’s a political hot spot in his home state, and an issue at the top of the national agenda, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has issued pletny of harsh rhetoric about […]