Epic 80-Part Series on Celia Cruz Now Available on Netflix

Epic 80-Part Series on Celia Cruz Now Available on Netflix

NewsTaco October 19, 2016

*80 parts? That’s two-and-a-half day’s straight of binge-watching. VL By Sameer Rao, Colorlines (1 minute read)  We wrote a year ago about “Celia,” the 80-episode Telemundo series about Afro-Cuban singer and […]

New PBS Documentary Spotlights Latino Voting Rights Advocate

NewsTaco October 3, 2016

*Be sure to stream the documentary on PBS.org. PBS will be monitoring the number of streams for 7 days after the premiere in order to gauge interest in Latin-themed programming. […]

From Boycotts to Banda: 20 Latino PBS Movies You Can Stream for Free During Hispanic Heritage Month

NewsTaco September 29, 2016

*Follow the links this month to stream free PBS movies with Latino themes. They’re all good! VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (11 minute read) Well folks, it’s September again, which […]

Texas Music Museum preserves musician histories from the past of Tejano

NewsTaco September 26, 2016

*This is awesome! VL By Grace Speas, The Daily Texan (3 minute read) Legendary Tejano accordionist Bruno Villarreal was sitting in a nursing home, blind, unable to walk and without his […]

New Study Reveals ‘Hollywood Is An Epicenter Of Cultural Inequality’

NewsTaco September 9, 2016

*What’s that saying about “the more things change the more they remain the same?” Only 5.3 percent of speaking roles went to Latin@s. VL By Caolina Moreno, Huffington Post Latino […]

With No Latino Moderator, Trump Shapes Presidential Debates

NewsTaco September 6, 2016

*Which Latin@ journalist (excluding Jorge Ramos bacause of his public feud with Trump) would you like to see moderating a presidential debate? VL By Raul  A Reyes, NBC News (4.5 […]

Latino Influence & the Politics of Immigration in the 2014 U.S. Senate Elections

NewsTaco February 12, 2015

*Good piece, as always, from Latino Decisions. It’s a good read if you’re into political minutiae – x’s and o’s. Cutting to the chase, Damore says Latinos didn’t have a […]

Hispanics, Blacks, have doubts about media accuracy

NewsTaco September 17, 2014

*Ya think? I chuckle at how the AP downplays the impact: ” …could be troubling for the news industry …” Like it’s an off-hand probability. Meanwhile, independent Latino news organizations […]

Actress Selenis Leyva appreciates authenticity in ‘Orange is the New Black’

Mary Mata September 20, 2013

By Kiko Martinez, Gozamos In the newest Netflix-exclusive series “Orange is the New Black,” actress Selenis Leyva plays Gloria Mendoza, one of the many inmates in a women’s federal prison in […]

Interview with Ray Suarez PBS Newshour correspondent and author of Latino Americans

Mary Mata September 17, 2013

By Juniper Rose, Hispanic Link Following is an interview with Ray Suarez, broadcast journalist, PBS Newshour senior correspondent and author of “Latino Americans” by Hispanic Link reporter, Juniper Rose. The […]