Category Archives: News
Why I Always Have To Make Everything About Race
[A News Taco Post] As a Latina who not only was raised to be aware of these issues, but who’s studied in them in school and written about them professionally for several years, I am occasionally accused of “making everything … Continue reading
Budget Cuts May Mean Less Latino College Grads
[A News Taco Post] States across the country are slashing budgets left and right in an effort to deal with the recession, one unfortunate outcome may be less Latinos able to attend college. The logic goes: If we cut the budget for … Continue reading
Quelino Ojeda Jimenez And The Cost Of No Immigration Reform
[A News Taco Post] Okay, this is a really, really sad story that takes us to the extremes of why we all need immigration reform in this country from The Chicago Tribune. Thanks to Graeme for the tip. Quelino Ojeda Jimenez, 20, an … Continue reading
Latinos Poised To Be Perfect New Media Consumers
[A News Taco Post] Media will not be consumed on TV or computers we know them in the future. Even now, smartphones and tablets are increasingly peoples’ gateways to the Internet, and by extension, the greater world. I would argue that, … Continue reading
Rahm Emanuel And The Blunder Of Ignoring Latino Voters
[A News Taco Post] Rahm Emanuel was out yesterday, now he’s in, but the truth is he’s only half got it. Although yesterday a Chicago appellate court ruled that Emanuel did not meet Chicago’s residency requirement to run for mayor, now the Illinois … Continue reading
As Latinos Become White, The U.S. Becomes Latino
[A News Taco Post] Recently, the idea that Latinos shouldn’t receive focused political attention because eventually, like Italian and Irish immigrants before them, they will eventually assimilate and become “white” has been tossed around. Particularly, this idea has been tossed around by … Continue reading
Enough With The War On Drugs Already!
[A News Taco Post] Twenty year-old Marisol Marisol Valles García took over as police chief in a small town of Praxedis G. Guerrero on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez after no one else would last October. She was a mother and a student … Continue reading
Wanted: A Latino In New Mexico’s U.S. Senate Seat
[A NewsTaco Post] Representative democracy sometimes isn’t, well, all that representative. The U.S. is set to become Latino-ized, in the sense that nearly 1 in 6 people here will be counted as Latinos in the 2010 Census. Yet, there are just 2 Latinos … Continue reading
Now That It Doesn’t Matter, Rahm Emanuel Supports DREAM Act
[A NewsTaco Post] January 17, 2010 I can take politicking, but I can’t stand blatant lying. Rahm Emanuel, the former White House Chief of Staff, is taking a cue from John McCain in basically totally fabricating the past to suit … Continue reading
Rahm Emanuel’s Latino Strategy Better Shape Up To Win Chicago
[A NewsTaco Post] December 28, 2010 Rahm Emanuel has left the White House and begun to work his way towards the mayor’s office in Chicago. His website is making a very obviously play on his recent experience as President Barack Obama’s Chief … Continue reading