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The Law of the Noose: A History of Latino Lynching

NewsTaco February 2, 2015

*This is important. A part of U.S. Latino history that is seldom mentioned, studied or considered. Only recently has scholarly attention brought this to it’s due light. VL By Richard […]

Jessica Hernandez family calls for federal intervention in shooting death

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Boxer Enriquez, the Mexican Mafia, LAPD – What’s the problem?

NewsTaco January 30, 2015

Farmworker Women Speaking Up on Domestic Violence

NewsTaco January 15, 2015

*Financial dependence, cultural acceptance, fear of deportation are just a few of the reasons that farm worker women have kept silent. That’s beginning to change. VL By Brenda Rincon, New […]

Mexican Mayor Charged in Kidnapping of 43 Missing Students

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*Here’s the gem in this story: “Abarca was already facing charges of links to organized crime as well as kidnapping and murder charges related to other cases besides the students.” […]

Je Suis Charlie

NewsTaco January 13, 2015

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco You are probably wondering what the murders of the political cartoonists in Paris by terrorists have to do with Latinos in the United States.  Well, […]

From @LaloAlcaraz: The pen > the sword #charliehebdo

NewsTaco January 8, 2015

*I’ve been waiting to see how our friend cartoon satirist Lalo Alcaraz would respond to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. He didn’t disappoint – he never does. The pen […]

Is This How Gangs End?

NewsTaco January 2, 2015

The American Stories That Cannot Be Untold

NewsTaco December 10, 2014

Ferguson and race in America

NewsTaco December 1, 2014