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ICYMI 2014: Soccer Field Standoff Highlights Gentrification Tension

NewsTaco December 29, 2014

*One of my favorite  2014 stories. There are many layers to this story/short video: gentrification, assumptions, privilege. The filed was OK for the Latino kids, until it was upgraded. Tech […]

The Digi-Divide at SXSW 2014

NewsTaco December 17, 2014

Laura Gomez: How to get more Latinas into tech

NewsTaco December 1, 2014

Making broadband work for all Latinas

NewsTaco November 4, 2014

*Latinas represent only 7% of the STEM workforce. Cristina Caballero makes a good case about preserving broadband accessibility to increase that number. VL By Cristina Caballero, Fox News Latino Women […]

Open Letter to Google: You’re Wasting Your Time, and Ours

NewsTaco October 31, 2014

Dear Google, I took the cover picture at a grocery store out of a delusional sense of pride. How wonderful, I thought, that Mexican food would have such a proud […]

Internet Tiered Pricing will Hamper Latinos

NewsTaco October 6, 2014

*I was asked to write an op-ed on Latinos and net neutrality for the Houston Chronicle. This is what I wrote. It was published last Sunday. VL By Victor Landa, […]

Why there aren’t more Latinos in the tech industry

NewsTaco August 26, 2014

*From the article: “Latinos made up less than 9% of computer science and engineering college graduates in 2013.” VL By Maria Teresa Kumar, MSNBC Last week, Apple was the latest […]