A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English

A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English

Mary Mata July 23, 2013

By Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Research Hispanic Center The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from […]

Mexican Origin Latinos in the United States

Mary Mata May 2, 2013

PRESS RELEASE A record 33.7 million Hispanics of Mexican origin resided in the United States in 2012, according to anew analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center. This estimate includes […]

Mexicans Naturalize at Lower Rate Than Other Immigrants

Mary Mata February 5, 2013

By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Compared to other groups of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexicans have the lowest rate of naturalization. Nearly 61 percent of immigrants eligible for naturalization […]

Latino Electorate Will Nearly Double In 20 Years

Mary Mata November 15, 2012

By Janell Ross, Huffington Post Latino Voices If last week’s election outcome stunned Mitt Romney’s campaign and converted some Republicans to the orthodoxy of urgent and comprehensive immigration reform, then a Pew Hispanic Center report […]

Net-Zero, A New U.S. Reality

NewsTaco April 24, 2012

By Victor Landa Picture this: It’s mid to late February on the border between the U.S. and Mexico. On the U.S. side, in Laredo, Texas, they’re celebrating George Washington’s birthday with a […]

Net Migration From Mexico Falls To Zero, Perhaps Less

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

(Editor’s note: the following is a Press Release issued by The Pew Hispanic Center) The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has […]

Should National Origin Be Added To Census Forms?

NewsTaco April 16, 2012

I’m all for shaking up the snow globe, kicking up some dust, creating some chaos. Sure, it makes things a little messy for the moment,  but thing’s always get messy […]

Where Pew and Trayvon Meet A Question Arises

NewsTaco April 6, 2012

I had dinner last night at a sea food place that, being Holy Thursday, was less crowded than I expected. Still, there was a low-level din – we were sitting outside, near […]

Latino Vs Hispanic: The Problem Is The Choice

NewsTaco April 5, 2012

So what is it? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican, Chicano, what? I avoid this topic like I avoid heavy traffic – sometimes it’s impossible. Sometimes, like when the Pew Hispanic Center does a study on it and releases […]

Latinos And Their Views Of Identity

NewsTaco April 4, 2012

(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 […]