Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day

Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years.  I began reading about racism while I […]

Why Mexicans Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Mary Mata March 18, 2013

By Jim Estrada AUSTIN, TX — St. Patrick’s Day has special significance in Mexico and among generations of families who can trace their history to the old Southwest, particularly among […]

A Latin American Pope? Some Say it’s About Time

Mary Mata March 14, 2013

By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino With Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he is abdicating at the end of February, speculation has already begun on who will fill the Vatican’s top job. And […]

School Social Worker & Photog Give Undoc Students Voice

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Edward Graham, NEA Today All across the United States, undocumented students are forced to suffer in silence because of the constant fear of being deported from the only country […]

Mexican Americans: The Lessons of Latinos, Politics and Baseball

Mary Mata March 12, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi President Barack Obama isn’t a big baseball fan. His game is basketball. And in a country where baseball will always be the national pastime, that’s possibly […]

Obama to Nominate Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

By Sari Horwitz and Lena H. Sun, Washington Post Thomas E. Perez, the likely nominee to be the next secretary of labor, was introduced to organized labor under traumatic circumstances. Perez was 12 […]

National High Tech Day Inspires Young Latinos

NewsTaco March 6, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s not lost on Latino educators, community and industry leaders that a major part of preparing young Latinos for careers in the 21st century involves science, […]

Escort says Menendez Prostitution Claims Were Made Up

Mary Mata March 4, 2013

By Carol D. Leonnig and Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post An escort who appeared on a video claiming Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) paid her for sex has told Dominican Republic police that she […]

2nd gen. Immigrants: More Mobile & Liberal Than Mainstream

Mary Mata February 20, 2013

By Pilar Marrero, NewsTaco One of the persistent myths around the immigration of today (mostly Latino, majority Mexican) is that today´s immigrants and their descendants are somehow less able to […]

Bless Me Ultima Cast Interview – Screening Ticket Giveaway

NewsTaco February 15, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s surprising to think about it, 40 years since it happened, but when Bless Me Ultima was first published it was banned – burned in places. […]