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“Ocotillo Dreams” A Poetic, Political, Riveting Novel

Mary Mata October 6, 2011

Melinda Palacio’s novel, Ocotillo Dreams (Bilingual Review Press, 2011) is an intrepid first novel fashioned with the ocular chops of a poet, and the restraint and rhythm of a mid-career […]

5 Reasons To Watch The Web Series “East WillyB”

Mary Mata October 5, 2011

Latina Documentary Filmmaker Works For Social Justice

Mary Mata October 4, 2011

Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Is Anti-Women

Mary Mata

By Maria Elena Perez, interim Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health “It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place […]

East LA Community Leader Richard S. Amador Sr. Dies At 75

Mary Mata

Richard S. Amador Sr., founder of the CHARO organization, a non-profit organization that aided the Latino community in East Los Angeles passed away on September 19 in the L.A. suburb […]

NewsTaco’s Birthday Week Begins

Mary Mata October 3, 2011

You may have read Victor Landa’s story earlier today in which he wrote about the long road of NewsTaco’s one-year birthday next week, October 10. We’ll be engaging in shameless […]

Feliz Cumpleaños NewsTaco

NewsTaco

The most exhilarating and terrifying thing about doing something like NewsTaco is that there are no instructions. It wouldn’t have mattered because we’re not the type to read instructions — […]