Happy Friday From Intocable!
Happy Friday From Intocable!
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
[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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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 […]