Troy Davis, Race And The Death Penalty

This week the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia stirred up a huge national discussion on the nature of the death penalty. Colorlines created an interesting graphic highlighting how races […]

El Gallito Rebelde is at it again. IL Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez  addressed Congress on the Civil rights violation committed against the Puerto Rican people by the Puerto Rican police department. Rep. Gutierrez asked Congress to […]

El Guapo prides himself on having low standards and a knack for hyperbole. With that said, read the following — the greatest thing ever written by a human being. So, […]

Some of the happiest moments of my life have taken place in Mexico. The highlights of my childhood were from our trips to my parents’ hometown of Tepehuanes, Durango — […]

Today as we remember those we lost on 9/11, here are a few remembrances from our News Taco community: 9/11 Is No Excuse for Bashing Muslims The September 11 Lessons […]

I moved to New York City the summer after 9/11, though I was actually born in Brooklyn, but raised in Miami, so it was a return of sorts. The city […]

I was sitting in the airport in Austin, Texas, yesterday, waiting the last few minutes before my son  had to go through security and board a flight to Los Angeles. “Might as well […]

The police in Puerto Rico engage in a pattern of behavior that not only violates the U.S. Constitution, but other federal laws, according to a new report from the Justice […]

To this day, I cannot repress, suppress or otherwise erase the image of the first man I ever saw die. Even now my mind performs an odd ritual of vivisection. […]

[Editors Note: The following is a press release from the Pew Hispanic Center.] As the death toll continues to rise in Mexico’s drug war, a new survey by Pew Research Center’s Global […]