Poll: Immigration Matters to Hispanic Voters in New Mexico

Poll: Immigration Matters to Hispanic Voters in New Mexico

Mary Mata October 18, 2012

By Latino Decisions Hispanic voters comprise nearly 40% of the electorate in the state of New Mexico, making New Mexico the state where Latino voters have the greatest influence on […]

Earning a Spot in the Devil’s Backyard

Mary Mata October 3, 2012

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco I never figured that my father was quite the revolutionary or an agent for social change. He just did what he did, and would later state […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco August 13, 2012

Monday August 13, 2012 Paul Ryan Unlikely To Play Well With Latino And Black Voters, But Matters Of Race May Not Disappear (Huffington Post): In opting for Ryan, Romney has done […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco July 17, 2012

Tuesday July 17, 2012 Group creates Web site spur Hispanics to vote (Fox News Latino): A group of professionals has launched a bilingual Web site that is aimed at spurring Hispanics […]

Fires In The Southwest Symptom Of Climate Change

Mary Mata June 22, 2012

By Renee Blake/Beth Blakeman, Public News Service – NM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Frequent fires are popping up around New Mexico from a mix of lightning, dry days, hot winds and bark […]

Top Facts About Latinos In Today’s Primaries

Mary Mata June 5, 2012

PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On the eve of the Republican primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, the Hispanic Leadership Network released […]

Are Latinos On GOP VP Short List For Real?

NewsTaco April 3, 2012

I’m not sure what the Vegas line is on the Republican vice-presidential sweepstakes, but CNN, at least, has 2 Latinos vying for the second-to-the-top-post on the GOP ticket. Never mind the premature timing of […]

Latino Civil Rights Figures: George I. Sánchez

Mary Mata February 23, 2012

Born in New Mexico in 1906, George I. Sánchez spent his life advocating for a better education system for Latinos and minorities in the Southwest. Born into a poor family in Arizona, […]

NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: January 16-21, 2012

Mary Mata January 21, 2012

This week we had a nice mix of stories running the gamut from the American Dream to great books to banned books to sexual abuse to the Internet to voting […]

Fired New Mexico DMV Employee Sues Over “No Spanish” Rule

NewsTaco January 17, 2012

The Mexican American Legal Dense and Education Fund has gone to the defense of a Latina who was fired for calling-out discriminatory practices at the New Mexico driver’s license bureau.  […]