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Mary Mata April 20, 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012 Obama camp launches Latino push, hits Romney: With both sides eying one of the fastest-growing blocs in the American electorate, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Wednesday […]

Nebraska Upholds Prenatal Care For Undocumented

NewsTaco April 19, 2012

By Victor Landa It turns out pro-immigrant trumps anti-abortion in Nebraska after all. This has been a topsy-turvy issue for a few weeks so I’ll give you the need-to-know version […]

My mother, The Most Unfortunate Pilgrim

Mary Mata April 18, 2012

Once upon a time, I believed what my first grade teacher told me.  I thought I was the descendant of a pilgrim. I took her word for it. I thought […]

America’s War With Aliens And Their Families

Mary Mata April 12, 2012

By  Hector Luis Alamo, Being Latino In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in […]

Bien Hecho: First Latina General In Calif. National Guard

Mary Mata April 7, 2012

The California National Guard made history this week, when it promoted Col. Sylvia Crockett to the rank of brigadier general. Gen. Crockett is the first Latina to obtain this rank in the state’s National […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sylvia Romo Wants To Be The First, Best Latina U.S. Rep From TX

Mary Mata March 29, 2012

Sylvia Romo should be preparing for retirement, instead, she’s campaigning as the Democratic candidate for the 35th district of Texas. The long-time tax assessor-collector of Bexar County and former state […]

4 Awesome Latinas To Know For Women’s History Month

Mary Mata March 28, 2012

Latinas are so often filtered through the media’s racist and narrow lens. According to the TV, we are sexy, spicy, angry, submissive, and/or really skilled at cleaning. Sometimes we wear […]

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

Mary Mata March 26, 2012

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 […]