Organizing Asarco Workers: The Legacy Of Toxins In Texas

Organizing Asarco Workers: The Legacy Of Toxins In Texas

Mary Mata June 11, 2012

By Priscila Mosqueda, Texas Observer When he took the job at American Smelting and Refining Company in 1972, Carlos Rodriguez was proud to work at a plant that had employed […]

Texas Border Residents March Against “Mounting Human Rights Crisis”

Mary Mata June 7, 2012

By Peter Malof, Texas News Service EL PASO, Texas – The number of illegal border crossings from Mexico has dropped sharply in recent years, but that hasn’t slowed human-rights violations […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco

Thursday June 7, 2012 Romney woos Hispanics over economy (The Hill):  Mitt Romney is using Hispanics’ double-digit unemployment rate to argue that the key voting bloc should support him instead […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco May 31, 2012

Thursday May 31, 2012 Majority of African Americans and Latinos support marriage equality (The Hill): Despite the absence of media coverage on Latinos and marriage equality, numerous surveys tell us that […]

Employers Should Renew Commitment To Hire Veterans

Mary Mata May 28, 2012

By Leticia Van de Putte While loss of life and limb is the price paid by some U.S. servicemen and women as they protect our liberty, other veterans return home […]

2012 PRIMARY ELECTION PROFILE: TEXAS

Mary Mata May 24, 2012

By NALEO ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES: 38 TOTAL POPULATION (2010): 25,145,561 LATINO POPULATION (2010): 9,460,921 PROJECTED LATINO VOTE IN 2012: 1,987,000 PROJECTED LATINO SHARE OF […]

Texas Gaining National Rep For Executing Innocents

Mary Mata May 23, 2012

By Dave Mann, Texas Observer I was talking to a couple from Philadelphia at a cocktail reception on the East Coast last week. When I said I worked as a […]

New Website Documents “Wrongful” Texas Execution

Mary Mata May 18, 2012

By Peter Malof, Texas News Service AUSTIN, Texas – A treasure trove for true-crime fans is being touted as near-proof that the state of Texas executed an innocent man. Available […]

Tamaulipas, Mexico’s Failed State

Mary Mata May 14, 2012

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Fort Worth’s Liga Del Norte: Latino Baseball Gem

NewsTaco May 9, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I found this story following a small trail down some Latino sports photo links. All it said was Hispanic baseball league. So of course I clicked. […]