Happy Friday From Intocable!

Happy Friday From Intocable!

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

By Stace Medellín After fulfilling some obligations with their old record company, Capitol EMI, Intocable comes out swinging with their newest CD, 2011. Recorded on their own Good I Records, Intocable now owns […]

The First Latina & Latino Lawyers To Argue Before Supreme Court

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Professor Michael A. Olivas wrote this essay and it’s reposted here with permission.] For some time, I have believed and written that the first Latinos to argue a […]

Diabetic Amputations Are Totally Avoidable

Mary Mata

Diabetic foot ulcers are the most common cause of hospitalizations and lower extremity amputations in the United States. If left untreated, foot ulcers can lead to infection, gangrene and amputation. […]

VIDEO: José Ángel Gutiérrez On Texas Redistricting

Mary Mata March 29, 2011

Activist and attorney José Ángel Gutiérrez gave News Taco an interview about what’s at stake in Texas’ redistricting fight — which revolves around the huge growth of Latinos in that […]

Ray High School’s Mariachi Custodian

Mary Mata

The Corpus Christi Caller Times (Texas) did an amazing video documenting local high school custodian Mario Tovar, who has become a fixture at Ray High School for singing mariachi music […]

The Wisdom of the Border: Where “Here” And “There” Are The Same

Mary Mata March 28, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Michael Seifert is an activist living in Brownsville, Texas. This post was re-published from his blog, Musings from Alongside a Border with permission.] Someone must have had a […]

Stephanie’s Spanish (Mexican) Rice

Mary Mata

My sister and I spent many afternoons at my Tía Lupita’s house when we were kids. We were always welcomed by a hot Mexican meal that was usually accompanied by […]

More Water Woes for the Border

Mary Mata

By Melissa del Bosque The drug war plaguing the U.S.-Mexico border since 2006 has all but eclipsed any news about ongoing squabbles over the U.S.-Mexico water treaty. But with an […]

Interactive Census Map Includes County Data

Mary Mata March 25, 2011

The New York Times created an interactive map that allows users to see county-by-county Census data for the entire country. Click on a county and demographic information for that county […]

Voter ID Bill Affects Latinos, The Elderly

Mary Mata

By Abby Rapoport No one expected a lot of surprises in House’s voter ID debate yesterday. For years, state Republicans have wanted to require photo identification before voters cast a […]