Fewer Latinos will speak Spanish, more non-Latinos will, report says

Fewer Latinos will speak Spanish, more non-Latinos will, report says

Mary Mata September 23, 2013

By Cindy Y. Rodriguez, CNN (CNN) — It’s no secret that more and more people are speakingespañol in the United States, but what you probably didn’t know is that in the future more of those […]

What is the future of Spanish in the United States?

Mary Mata September 5, 2013

By Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Hispanic Trends Project With more than 37 million speakers, Spanish is by far the most spoken non-English language in the U.S. today among people […]

Why Anglicisms Are Really Not So Incorrect

Mary Mata March 15, 2013

By Tom Stephens, LIN@R Just this past week, I happened to be chatting with an old friend, of Colombian birth, about life, her daughters, her husband, and of course, up pops […]

NY Taking Steps to Preserve Spanish Language

Mary Mata December 12, 2012

By Hispanically Speaking News Politicians, academics, writers and other representatives of Latino culture took the first step on Wednesday in promoting an initiative that seeks to save and preserve Spanish […]

Spell My Name Correctly, Willya?

Mary Mata October 11, 2012

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino What is the deal with accents?  Some news organizations and networks noticeably have begun to accent the names of individuals, places and things that carry a […]

Speaking Spanish Can Make Or Break Latino Politicos

Mary Mata September 11, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi The most beloved Hispanic politician I have known in a long history of reporting on Latino politics wasn’t even Hispanic. He was a Baptist Irishman who […]

Letters Ñ, ¡ and ¿ Sue Computer Keyboard Makers For Bias

Mary Mata August 14, 2012

By Verdana Bold, Pocho Ñews Service (PNS reporting from SILICON VALLEY) Attorneys for typographical characters including enya (Ñ), theinverted exclamation mark (¡) and the inverted question mark (¿) accused major computer keyboard makers of deliberately ignoring their clients’ needs in […]

How Much Culture Is Enough?

Mary Mata May 23, 2012

By Jose Cruz, Our Tiempo You know that moment we all have when you check your Facebook or Twitter and everyone is commenting about one thing? This happened to me […]

Being A Latina Means Having A Good Sense Of Humor

Mary Mata January 11, 2012

My friend and I once argued about the comedic talents of women. Though he is very much a fan of female comedians, he claimed that he knew few funny women […]

Hablo Y Hablas: Suave

Mary Mata January 6, 2012

Have you ever heard the word, “suave?” The word is used to mean “smooth” in a variety of contexts, but the usage I wanted to highlight this evening is that […]