Latina Candidate In TX Running To Give Back, Set An Example

Latina Candidate In TX Running To Give Back, Set An Example

Mary Mata December 28, 2011

By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Recently, I found myself driving down the dusty and dark stretches of Interstate 10 outside of El Paso heading toward Clint, Texas on a cold December […]

Abuelos: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Mary Mata December 27, 2011

Recently, I found myself wading through sick memories of my Guelito Chente, missing him (since he died in 2006), but also feeling so grateful for having spent a few precious […]

Clean Air Laws Don’t Kill Jobs; Pollution, Climate Change Do

Mary Mata

By Peter Lehner Ron Craft is a fourth-generation cotton ginner in Plains, Texas struggling through a tough year.Earlier in the fall, he predicted business would drop by 75 percent, and […]

DOJ Finds Latinos Targeted For Sub-Prime Loans

NewsTaco December 26, 2011

This is one of those stories that gets lost in the holiday shuffle;  it made a few headline waves in specific industry websites right before Christmas Eve. But the story […]

Why Iowa Evangelicals Haven’t Flocked To Rick Perry

Mary Mata

By Abby Rapoport On a drizzly, gray November day, the First Federated Church in Des Moines looked particularly formidable. The mega-church is a gigantic brick building, a converted high school […]

Latino Congress Candidate Wants Prosperity Along The Border

Mary Mata December 20, 2011

Pete Gallego describes his decision to run for the 23rd Congressional District of Texas as a personal one. “Me decía mi abuela que uno no puede quejar si no quiere […]

TX, Chicago Latinos Affected By EPA Mercury Regulations

Mary Mata

By Robert Crowe The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce new rules for mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired and oil-fired power plants. Anticipation of the rules sparked a […]

Texas Dems Enlist Young People To Get Out Vote In 2012

Mary Mata December 15, 2011

By Anthony Gutierrez and Rebecca Acuña, the Texas Democratic Party Our community is under attack by right-wing extremists. We’re willing to bet, albeit not $10,000, that you’ve had enough of […]

500 Years Later, Tejanos Get Rightful Place In Texas History

Mary Mata December 14, 2011

By Renato Ramirez, Vice President of the Tejano Monument Board of Directors Given the more than 500 year history of Tejanos in America, a single decade doesn’t seem like a big […]

“Nuestra Pastorela” At The Latino Cultural Center Dallas

Mary Mata

By Andres A. Aguilar Cara Mia Theatre has done it again. The hosts of The TNA Show (Andres, Turo, and John Anthony) spent an evening at the Latino Cultural Center […]