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Latino Student Awarded $1 Million for High School Harassment

NewsTaco December 4, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco For almost three and one half years Anthony Zeno put up with racial harassment at his rural New York High School, until he could take it […]

Mexico’s Street Battles Reflected in Embroidered Handkerchiefs

Mary Mata

Mexico Borrado del Mapa, Historia de un Sexenio

Mary Mata November 27, 2012

Family Forced to Abandon The US in Order To Be Together

Mary Mata

By Beth Caldwell & Joel Medina, New America Media Rodrigo Ortega, 35, lives in Rosarito, Mexico with his American wife and two American-citizen children. A little over a year ago, Ortega […]

We Expect Holiday Food to be Cheap, But It Has a Price

Mary Mata November 23, 2012

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco As we all recover from our turkey related indulgences and move on to leftover turkey tortas and other such delights, further holiday feasts await—along with continuing the […]

Thanksgiving Made Possible By Immigrant Farm Workers

Mary Mata November 22, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving thanks for a Thanksgiving meal, there’s one group who deserves a disproportionate amount of gratitude: the farm workers of the United […]

A Tale of Two Communities and Contaminated Water

Mary Mata November 20, 2012

  By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco This past week two stories stood out identifying two communities of color different in many ways but connected by a common challenge: contaminated water. One […]