Latino voters helping to decide major races in Tuesday’s elections

Latino voters helping to decide major races in Tuesday’s elections

Mary Mata November 5, 2013

By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Candidates finished up their final day of campaigning before Tuesday’s Election Day with Latinos helping to decide two top gubernatorial races and weighing in on city council […]

Not giving up – Mexican whose feet were cut off to ride bike 670 miles

Mary Mata October 16, 2013

By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino Two years ago Carlos Gutierrez lived in his native Chihuahua, Mexico and had it all — a wife, two young children and a lucrative beverage and […]

RNC hires Hispanic state and field directors in 7 states

Mary Mata October 8, 2013

By Monica Suarez, NBCLaino In an effort to build a ‘grassroots infrastructure,” the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Monday it is adding Hispanic field and state directors in California, Florida, New Jersey, […]

On Hispanic Heritage Month, a spotlight on Chicano authors

NewsTaco October 1, 2013

By Claudio Iván Remeseira, NBCLatino In 1970, when Chicano hit the bookshelves, there was just one similarly themed novel published by a major U.S. imprint: José Antonio Villareal’s Pocho. The author of Chicano, Richard […]

Latino voters eyeing lawmakers on immigration

Mary Mata September 30, 2013

By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — A significant majority of Latino voters list immigration overhaul as a crucial issue and would be less likely to support a candidate who blocked […]

LATISM13 conference: harnessing social media to improve Latinos’ lives

Mary Mata September 23, 2013

By Maria Camila Bernal, NBCLatino In less than five years, Latinos in Social Media (LATISM) has been able to unite thousands of Latinos in the nation in hopes of helping advance their social, […]

Latino Or Hispanic? How The Federal Government Decided

Mary Mata September 19, 2013

By Grace Flores-Hughes, Voxxi It’s that time of the year when celebrations are held throughout the country to herald the accomplishments of Hispanic Americans. But, it’s also the time of the […]

Los Angeles resident to become first Latino to head State Bar of California

Mary Mata August 19, 2013

By Brenda Gazzar, sbsun.com Luis J. Rodriguez will never forget as a boy seeing the El Paso police officer make fun of his father’s broken English while they were visiting […]

Zimmerman, Wetbacks and Being Latino in the U.S.

NewsTaco July 26, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco If George Zimmerman wants to downplay his Latino side, so be it. We wouldn’t know about it if not for his notoriety. We wouldn’t care if […]

White Hispanics: ‘Hey! We’re not ALL murderous d-bags’

Mary Mata July 17, 2013

By Edward Rueda, Pocho Ñews Service White Hispanic” is one of mainstream media’s hottest new buzzwords, a term that has leaped off of old census forms and job applications to join […]