Needed: More Latino State Supreme Court Justices

Needed: More Latino State Supreme Court Justices

NewsTaco April 20, 2011

Here’s a important statistic to keep in mind: only 3 percent of the state supreme court justices in the country are Latino. Each of the fifty states has a supreme court, for a total […]

Why Texas Redistricting Matters

NewsTaco April 19, 2011

There’s a huge battle looming at the State House in Austin and the outcome will have an effect on how Latinos across the country gauge and plan their political futures. […]

Boehner Turns His Back On Capitol 5 De Mayo

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At best he punted, at worst he miscalculated. Every year since 2003, when Republican Dennis Hastert was Speaker of the House, there’s been a Cinco de Mayo celebration on the […]

Dispatch From the DF: What Mexicans think of the US

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by Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez I hope most people who have a sibling will understand me on this one. There is a new study released by the Pew Research Center’s […]

Report: the Undocumented pay Billions in Taxes

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So lets put another myth to rest, the one that says that undocumented workers don’t pay taxes. First of all, lets agree that we understand the superficial error in the […]

Border Agents Taze LA Resident Into Coma

NewsTaco April 18, 2011

The LA Weekly reports that a 41 year-old Los Angeles area resident, who’s been in the US since his childhood, is in a coma in Phoenix after a tazing incident involving the US Border Agents. Jose […]

Country Music Star Boycotts Arizona

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It’s very common for Latinos in Texas to listen to country music. I’ve been at my share of quinceañeras where the dance floor crowds with raza line-dancing to Boot-Scootin’ Boogie. […]

¿Como Se Dice Your Name?

NewsTaco April 17, 2011

By Elsie Rivas Gomez, from Spanglish Baby, where this story was first published. My daughter Marisol’s name is the source of some pronunciation issues for our friends and even family, […]

The New Market Definition for “Hispanic”

NewsTaco April 15, 2011

What kind of Latino/a are you? If you’re like me your answer should be: What are the choices? Or better yet: Who’s asking? Within the community we’ve always known there were different […]

8 States Try to Keep Immigration Laws Alive

NewsTaco April 14, 2011

Just when you thought it was over… The Week.com is reporting that 8 states, besides Arizona, are working on Arizona-style immigration laws,with the effort to purge their states of undocumented […]