Latinos And Their Views Of Identity
Latinos And Their Views Of Identity
(Editor’s note: This is a verbatim, just released, press release by the Pew Hispanic Center. I thought it was pertinent to make it available to the NewsTaco community. I’ll be ruminating on […]
Obama Will Sue Sheriff Joe For Violating Latino Civil Rights
The problem with making a lot of noise when you go after undocumented immigrants, ala sheriff Joe Arpaio, is that you’re making a lot of noise. When you do that you draw attention, […]
Is The Immigration Debate Reaching A Tipping Point?
Is it possible that after all the months of immigrant bashing from the far right, after the relentless hammering at the contrived wedge issue of undocumented immigration we’ve reached a […]
Translating Health Problems For My Dad Brought Us Closer
My parents spent more than 40 years in this country; they never felt compelled to learn English. Sometimes I feel that my parents had children in order to have translation […]
Immigration Documentary Searching For Funding To Finish Film
For several years filmmaker Christian Rodriguez has studied the issue of immigration from Mexico to the U.S., in hopes of creating one of the most “comprehensive investigative documentaries about immigration […]
DREAMers Begin Walk From San Francisco To Washington DC
By Maria-Elena Young, Courtesy of The Curious Ostrich On Saturday, March 10, youth from across the US left San Francisco to walk in support of the DREAM Act. Their organization […]
Mexican Americans Key To Future Latino Growth In The U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new set of data that allows readers to get a more spatial understanding of Hispanic populations in America. This interactive map spans 1980 to […]
Latinos Keep Asking, “GOP Why Don’t You Like Me?”
By Jose Cruz The relationship between the GOP and Latinos could be summed up in a 80s teen romantic comedy. They are the two young kids who actually like each other, […]
Immigration Rhetoric In GOP Primary Harmful To Latinos
By Gus K. West Immigration has surfaced as one of the top issues in this Republican presidential primary — thanks in no small part to the United States’ ever-growing population […]
Is The Utah Compact The U.S. Immigration Solution?
By Christopher Rangel Utah’s immigration reform, signed into law on March 15 of last year by Governor Gary Herbert, is composed of four separate bills. They range from the creation […]
