Latinos Exploring Bilingual Futures for Their Churches

Latinos Exploring Bilingual Futures for Their Churches

Mary Mata January 31, 2013

By Luz Lazo, Washington Post Unlike their immigrant parents who strive to learn English, some younger English-speaking and bilingual Hispanics are so immersed in the American culture that they are choosing […]

The Harshness of Belief: Growing up with a Loose Faith

Mary Mata June 20, 2012

By Oscar Barajas I really wish I was a better Catholic. I know that it is more than just going to church. I know that it is more than clasping […]

“Wolf” Examines The Totality Of Sexual Abuse

Mary Mata March 19, 2012

Austin, Texas — “Wolf” is the latest film and the first feature length film by Ya’Ke Smith, which premiered at South by Southwest. The film deals with the particularly deep subject […]

For Latinos, Religion And Politics Don’t Mix

NewsTaco December 12, 2011

Do Latinos see the role of government differently than others? For all the pundits and strategists who are trying to figure and plot Latino behavior at the polls, I have […]

Latino Congregations Unite To Fight Alabama Law

NewsTaco November 21, 2011

This Thanksgiving won’t be like others in Alabama, at least not in the Latino churches and congregations. Latino churches have managed to slip under the English language radar in that state, and there, almost unnoticed, they’ve […]

Feminism Is For Latinas, Too

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

I remember the exact moment I became a feminist. Imagine a chubby, 12 year-old Oh Hells Nah bored at church. I was daydreaming (probably about food, as I often did) […]

The First Time You Witness Murder Is The Hardest

Mary Mata September 7, 2011

To this day, I cannot repress, suppress or otherwise erase the image of the first man I ever saw die. Even now my mind performs an odd ritual of vivisection. […]