Category Archives: News
Why A New Texas Republicano Matters
[A NewsTaco Post] December 16, 2010 Texas State Representative Aaron Peña just switched parties this week, from Democrat to Republican, conveniently a month after his mostly-Democratic constituency re-elected him after eight years of service to them. Peña hails from Edinburg, which is … Continue reading
Latin American Support For Palestine Grows
[A NewsTaco Post] I think a good modern name for this would be “Monroe Doctrine FAIL!” The United States has been woefully ignoring Mexico, Central and South American politics since at least September 11 — that’s about a decade — … Continue reading
Govt, Banks Loan Less To Latino-Owned Businesses
[A NewsTaco Post] The California Reinvestment Coalition recently released a report entitled, “Small Business Access to Credit: The Little Engine That Could” that found from 2007 to 2009 the Small Business Administration severely cut the number of loans made to Latino- … Continue reading
Poverty Forcing Latinos Into Segregated Neighborhoods
[A NewsTaco post] Census data released today apparently shows that Latinos continue to live in segregated communities — that is with mostly other Latino neighbors — whereas whites and blacks have become more integrated since the last Census. The proof: Segregation … Continue reading
Latinos Need Net Neutrality
[A NewsTaco post] A good piece on net neutrality ran on The Root this week; although the piece revolved around the importance of net neutrality for the African-American community, similar reasons exist for why this is important for Latinos, too. And … Continue reading
Latinos Love Location-Based Services
[A NewsTaco post] The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life recently published a study that found that only 4% of U.S. mobile users utilize location-based services like Gowalla and Foursquare. However, Latinos used these services at a much higher rate. … Continue reading
AZ Loses $605M, Has A $31B Latino Market
[A NewsTaco post] November 29, 2010 Okay, these are the facts. Arizona passed SB 1070. About 100,000 Latinos left the state. Lots of people, like celebrities and professional organizations, called for a boycott of the state. The result is that Arizona has lost about $605 … Continue reading
Electoral Repercussions: GOP Redistricting
[A NewsTaco post] November 22, 2010 You knew it was coming, and, now it’s here: Gerrymandering time! The GOP is set to control much of the redistricting for future electoral boundaries all over the country,The Washington Post took a look at … Continue reading
GOP Going After Birthright Citizenship
[A NewsTaco post] November 22, 2010 Oh geez, one of the cornerstones of the American way of life — birthright citizenship, that crazy thing the government did way back in 1868 via the 14th Amendment after that whole, you know, slavery … Continue reading
Clorox: Cleaning ‘A Rite of Passage’ For Latinas
[A NewsTaco post] November 19, 2010 What in the world?! I don’t know who wrote this press release, but they should be fired immediately. From a press release from Clorox about a study the company did on the cleaning habits … Continue reading