Was Hispanic man targeted because of George Zimmerman verdict?

Was Hispanic man targeted because of George Zimmerman verdict?

Mary Mata July 17, 2013

By Brian Kuebler, abc2news.com BALTIMORE – It happened at the corner of North Streeper and Fairmont just north of Patterson Park. Baltimore Police say a group young black males assaulted […]

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

Mary Mata

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 […]

George Zimmerman’s Family Deliberately Downplayed His Latino Roots

Mary Mata July 15, 2013

By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Latino The killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida last year quickly sparked racial controversy because it was, as most people saw it, a white man who […]

Zimmerman not-guilty verdict unlikely to be the end of Trayvon Martin saga in court

Mary Mata

By Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post The not-guilty verdict that sounded so final, so utterly unequivocal, in Courtroom 5D of the Seminole County courthouse Saturday night has quickly given way to a kaleidoscope of demonstrations […]

George Zimmerman, not so black or white

Mary Mata July 12, 2013

By Teresa Puente, Chicanísima George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin. There is no disputing that and whether he did so in self-defense as he claims or as some sort of macho vigilante act […]

Morning NewsTaco

NewsTaco April 24, 2012

Tuesday April 24, 2012 Democrats have work to do to encourage voter turnout (Austin American-Statesman): “Everyone talks about the ‘sleeping giant of the Latino community,’ but the sleeping giant will not wake […]

Friday’s Cartoon: Crime Watch

Mary Mata April 20, 2012

By Khalil Bendib, Other Words

The Racism In The Trayvon Martin Case, Voter ID Is The Same

Mary Mata March 27, 2012

The recent shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida led me to think more deeply about the issue of race in America today. I’m old enough to have remembered municipal buses […]

How A Florida Law Makes Trayvon Martin’s Death “Reasonable”

Mary Mata March 26, 2012

By Paul Adams On the 26 of February, a rainy night in Sanford, Florida, Trayvon Martin was walking through his neighborhood to get home to his father after buying Skittles candy […]

A Letter To Geraldo Rivera From A Hoodie-Wearing Black Latina

Mary Mata

By Jackeline Stewart Dear Geraldo, A three-piece suit and a tie would not have saved Trayvon Martin’s life.  Urging black and Latino parents to “not let their children go out wearing hoodies” and […]