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America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama?

NewsTaco February 18, 2016

*This is going to be very interesting. Code Switch will be exploring what they call “The Obama Effect” on identity. The premise is that President Obama, instead of ushering an […]

Captive Genius

NewsTaco February 10, 2016

The World Is Asking for a Selena Barbie Doll — With an Online Petition, Of Course

NewsTaco February 8, 2016

This Latina engineer owns her feminism

NewsTaco February 1, 2016

*This is a very good lunch break read. Many layers of meaning and insight. VL By Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post On a cool Friday night Patricia Valoy bounded into […]

Diane Rodriguez Appointed to National Council on the Arts

NewsTaco January 7, 2016

*Diane Rodriguez joins three other Latinas – Maria Rosario Jackson, Maria Lopez de Leon and Olga Viso – on the 17 member National Council on the arts. VL By National Endowment […]

Latino drag performer brings “Queen of Tejano Music” to life

NewsTaco January 4, 2016

*For those who can’t get enough of Selena, there’s a little of everything. VL By Randy Salgado, The Seattle Globalist On weekends, you can find actor, singer and dancer Jacob […]

Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam

NewsTaco December 30, 2015

*Five days past Christmas, this is still relevant. Some of the most beautiful Islamic mystic poetry is dedicated to Jesus and Mary. In these times of bitter suspision and dangerous […]