Recipe: Quesadilla – Why It’s All About Technique

Recipe: Quesadilla – Why It’s All About Technique

NewsTaco June 9, 2017

*Adán Medrano gives us a fundamental culinary truth – do the basics brilliantly. VL NewsTaco FOOD FRIDAY By Adán Medrano, Adán’s Blog  (2 minuter read)   I was 10 years […]

Financial aid is a key to Latino college completion, but for young men there is a responsibility attached

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SPONSORED CONTENT By NewsTaco (2.5 minute read)   Roughly 34 percent of undergraduate college students in the United States are the first in their families to go to college. According […]

After conceding congressional race to Jimmy Gomez, Robert Lee Ahn’s campaign says he could still win

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*Re-cork the champagne, put back the confetti? California 34th challenger Robert Lee Ahn says the count isn’t over. There are more than 10,000 mail in ballots to be counted. VL […]

How baseball can teach us to frame the new Latino narrative

NewsTaco June 8, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)   There’s an interesting side conversation going on in Philadelphia baseball circles that illustrates how a big part of rewriting the U.S. Latino […]

Someone Created A Cumbia Ringtone To Help Undocumented Immigrants Learn Their Rights

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*It’s a catchy cumbia with a subversive message about legal rights. VL NewsTaco CULTURE THURSDAY By Araceli Cruz, MiTú (1.5 minute read)  A worker’s union based in Chicago and Indiana […]

DIECIOCHO Podcast: Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia – Trump, Gerrymandering and Money

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 minute read, 34 minute listen)  It’s safe to say that the just-ended Texas legislative session was the most acrimonious in memory. We can talk for […]

Menendez, Cortez Masto Want SXSW to Boycott Texas over Immigration Law

NewsTaco June 7, 2017

*If this gains any traction it’ll be devastating for Texas and send a strong message to what could be the reddest of the red states. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC […]

Jimmy Gomez wins Los Angeles congressional election to replace Xavier Becerra

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*California’s 34th congressional district, which has been represented by a Latino for decades, will continue to be so after, Jimmy Gomez won yesterday’s runoff election. VL By Christine Mai-Duc, The […]

Immigrants Keep an Iowa Meatpacking Town Alive and Growing

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*The irony of this story is that the town that’s highlighted, Storm Lake, is in staunch anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King’s district. It’s where he was born.  VL NewsTaco MONEY WEDNESDAY […]

Latino, Asian-American Square Off in California’s U.S. House Race

NewsTaco June 6, 2017

*This is today’s big Latino political story. Polls close in Los Angeles at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time. This is going to be a classic voter mobilization race – whoever gets […]