Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react

Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react

NewsTaco June 19, 2017

*The only people who seem to benefit from the Trumpian Cuba roll-back are the entrenched anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami. And aside from some travel restrictions, not much has changed […]

Latinos Need a Voice, Where Is It?

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*We’ve had this conversation for years. Do we need a national Latino leader? This piece makes the case that a leader is what Latinos need in the Trumpian era. Are […]

Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

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*While we’ve all been gawking at the Russia fiasco, Trump has been dismantling civil rights. We need to pay attention to this, because mainstream media is obsessed with the Russia […]

New Study Finds Latino Parents Feel Strongly Against Using Student Loans to Afford College

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*Researchers think it’s odd that Latino parents are optimistic about their children’s future, but don’t want them to take out education loans.  They don’t understand that Latino optimism is about […]

Trump Ditches His Promise to ‘Terminate’ DACA

NewsTaco June 16, 2017

*It was the right thing to do. VL By Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic (3 minute read)   Donald Trump will keep the Obama-era program in place that shielded millions of […]

“Taco Trucks at Every Mosque” Celebrated Latino and Muslim Unity

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*This is perfect! It should be done everywhere. VL NewsTaco FOOD FRIDAY By Denise de la Cruz, OC Weekly (4 minute read)   Orange County’s Muslim and Latino communities broke […]

Effort to Create American Latino Museum on National Mall Gets Push in Bipartisan Bill

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*This is yuuge! . . .  and about time. (*note to self, it’s not a museum, it’s an infrastructure project that happens to be a National Latino Museum.) VL By […]

An important reminder for young men grduating from high school, wanting to continue their studies in college

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SPONSORED CONTENT   By NewsTaco (3 minute read) There’s very good news concerning the U.S. high school graduation rate. The national trend is on track to reach 90 percent by […]

Javier Valdez – A Month Ago

NewsTaco June 15, 2017

*NewsTaco publishes this piece by Sam Quiñones as part of a binational effort to keep attention focused on the murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez. VL By Sam Quiñones, A […]

10 Books From Latino & LatAm Authors For Your Summer Reading List

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*Here’s a good list of suggestions for your summer reading. It’s ambitious – for some – but doable. VL NewsTaco CULTURE THURSDAY By  Alejandra Oliva, Remezcla (4 minute read)  Along with […]