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Bootstrap myth exposed: White inheritance key driver in racial wealth gap

NewsTaco March 8, 2017

*This is the second piece that I suggest your should read today, it compliments the first piece I posted earlier and it follows on the statement Rep. Jason Chaffetz made […]

Today’s NOOOOO!: Flower vendors say Trump will affect Valentine’s Day for Latinos?

NewsTaco February 9, 2017

What About My Guacamole?! How a 20 Percent Tariff on Mexican Imports Would Affect You

NewsTaco January 27, 2017

Hispanic leaders wary of Trump’s trade plans

NewsTaco January 23, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because ending NAFTA is not as cut-and-dry as it sounds. Because tens of thousands of U.S. workers, many of them Latinos in manufacturing, would lose […]

The US pays a price for keeping immigrants underemployed

NewsTaco December 23, 2016

*Let’s make this part of the conversation before Trump gets into office: “Undocumented workers generate 3% of US GDP, or $5 trillion over 10 years, according to a new analysis […]

Hispanics retire with 70 percent less than whites

NewsTaco December 19, 2016

*Missing in the framing of this story is how Latinos care for their elderly at home and how the economic burden of this kind of elder care isn’t reported. VL […]

Immigrant Families Benefiting from Home-Sharing Economy, Study Finds

NewsTaco December 12, 2016

*Of course! The immigrant energy is resourceful. In fact, that energy persists in the U.S. Latino community. What’s now called the “shared economy,” as if it were a new thing, […]