Rise In Suicides And Other Mental Health Problems For Veterans

Rise In Suicides And Other Mental Health Problems For Veterans

Mary Mata October 7, 2011

Today marks the tenth year of the beginning of the war effort in the Middle East.  On October 7th 2001, the U.S. government sent combat troops into Afghanistan, and would later invade […]

Latina Documentary Filmmaker Works For Social Justice

Mary Mata October 4, 2011

Laura Varela said that it was her experience growing up in a violent neighborhood that ultimately led her to work as a documentary filmmaker. Her journey from El Paso, Texas […]

Experiences Of Latino Vietnam Veterans In New Documentary

Mary Mata August 22, 2011

A new documentary chronicles the experiences of several Latino Vietnam veterans, who made up 20% of the casualties in that war but were only 10% of the U.S. population at […]

News Taco To Go: Military, Arkansas, Veterans & Ay!

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

Latina Army Wife Quits Job To Be With Husband On Leave Arkansas Could Get A Latino State District Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans The Top 5 Instances Of […]

Bien Hecho: Working To Remember Latino Veterans

Mary Mata June 28, 2011

I recently joined the staff of the VOCES Oral History Project, which illustrates the experiences of Latino veterans and their families. I came aboard glowing with a passion for military […]

News Taco To Go: Census, Brisenia, Veterans & Bilingualism

Mary Mata June 1, 2011

31.7 Million Mexicans, Millions More Latinos In The U.S. Is There Justice Two Years After Brisenia Flores’ Death? Bien Hecho: Border Vets Fight For VA Hospital Multitasking, Reduced Alzheimer’s, More […]

Hundreds March For Marine José Guerena In Arizona

Mary Mata May 31, 2011

Hundreds of people marched in Tucson, Arizona Monday to honor Marine José Guerena, who was killed in his home when the Pima County SWAT team executed a search warrant for […]

Bien Hecho: Border Vets Fight For VA Hospital

Mary Mata

For decades, Latino veterans in the Rio Grande Valley border region in South Texas have been fighting the good fight to urge lawmakers and the Veteran’s Administration to build a […]

News Taco To Go: Hilda Solis, English Only & Memorial Day

Mary Mata

Remembering Latinos On Memorial Day Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Benefits Of Immigration North Carolina Diner: “No Speak English. No Service.”

Remembering Latinos On Memorial Day

Mary Mata May 30, 2011

Latinos represent about 11% of the U.S. military, and Latinos have a long history of serving in U.S. forces going back to the Revolutionary War. Most recently, hundreds of  Latinos […]