Austin Latinos Fight To Reschedule City Elections
Austin Latinos Fight To Reschedule City Elections
By Paul Saldaña, President of Brisa Communications Austin, Texas — I am disappointed with the lack of transparency and inclusion to force a potential vote on whether to hold municipal elections […]
Bien Hecho: Latino Math Prof Wins Natl Medal Of Science
Next month, Mexican-American mathematics professor Richard Tapia will receive the country’s most prestigious awards for scientists, National Medal of Science. He’ll accept the award from President Obama himself, an honor […]
Texas Ag Comish Declares War On Border
By Melissa del Bosque Lately it seems that Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples would rather have the Texas Department of Agriculture become a wing of the U.S. Department of Defense than […]
NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Sept.24 – Oct. 2, 2011
There were a lot of stark contrasts this week on our weekly NewsTaco roundup. For example, while we featured a piece by Salomón Baldenegro about Arizona’s racist stance on ethnic […]
Texas Border Residents Pawns In Border Security War Games
A new report commissioned by Texas’ next wannabe Lieutenant Governor and current Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples literally labels the border as a warzone. This, despite actual reality and statistics to […]
Cultural Competency, New Media Vital To Young Latino Success
Every year I endeavor to advance the capabilities of a strategic sector of undergraduate students by providing leadership training, exposure to new Latino-based research findings and a multidimensional model for […]
Rick Perry’s Voter Legislation Disenfranchises Latino Voters
By Rebecca Acuña, Dep. Political Director for Base Outreach for the Texas Democratic Party The 82nd legislative session began on a precipice of disaster. Absent of the federal stimulus dollars […]
Is Immigration About Jobs, Humans Or Business?
By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — A diversity of thought and ideas about the economics of immigration reform informed a panel Sunday at the Texas Tribune Festival. The panel […]
Steve Murdock: Educating Latinos Vital To Future Of U.S.
By Zach Gonzalez Austin, Texas — With a great presentation of the United States population change and immigration, renown demographer Steve H. Murdock had the opportunity to end the Texas […]
Juggling Optimism & Pessimism In U.S.-Mexico Relations
By Zach Gonzalez Austin, Texas — The complexity of the issues both Mexico and the United States face in working together to come up with solutions to the drug war […]
