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GANGS: Two illuminating Mexican Mafia Tales

Mary Mata January 16, 2013

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog In the last week, there’ve been two stories that illuminate the world of the Mexican Mafia prison gang and its influence on the streets […]

Mexico Jumps Into the U.S. Gun Control Debate

Mary Mata

How to Talk to Your Kids About the Connecticut Tragedy

Mary Mata December 19, 2012

Transcending Guns

Mary Mata

By Jesse Treviño, HispancLatino The day was long, its shadows stretching their elongated forms across the road.  To the left of me at a car mall along the interstate, a […]

A Sad, Tragic End to the Year of the Latino

Mary Mata

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Noah Pozner, one of the children killed in the Connecticut school massacre, wanted to be the manager of a taco factory—that’s how much he loved tacos. […]

Connecticut Shooting about Gun Reform, Not Education Reform

Mary Mata

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco I’ve remained silent watching the news about the funerals for the victims—especially the children—of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.  I watched two parents on CNN last […]

FOR THE RECORD: Newtown Shooting and Adam Lanza

Mary Mata December 17, 2012

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Today’s LA Times story is about Adam Lanza, the shooter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School horror in Newtown, Connecticut…. Here’s what didn’t make […]