[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 undocumented immigrant from México who fell off a roof four months ago in Illinois, and since [...]
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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 Jeb Bush. In an editorial in HispanicallySpeakingNews, Nicolas Mendoza notes: It’s instructive that the Irish and [...]
sara ines, March 5th 2011
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The Varied Latino-Ness Of Texas and California
[A NewsTaco Post] December 28, 2010 Currently, I am sojourning in my native land, Los Angeles. I can tell you it’s great to be back! But since I’ve moved ever closer to become a Tejana it’s always interesting to try and explain to Californianos what the difference is between the Latinos in Califas and the ones in Texas (mind you there [...]
sara ines, January 22nd 2011
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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 along the Texas-Mexico border, and a region that has voted Democrat for a long, long [...]
sara ines, January 22nd 2011
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My journey towards Mexitarianism
[A NewsTaco post] I want to be a vegetarian. I really do. But I’ve had to give up. Let me explain. Me and my family are Mexicans via South Texas via Northern Mexico, which for those of you not in the know, means that beef is basically a way of life. Seriously, Texas and Northern [...]
sara ines, September 11th 2010
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Barbara Talks To A Professor Studying Latina Adolescent Suicide
[A Guanabee post] At 21%, the suicide rate for Latina adolescents is twice as high as that of whites and blacks. That’s something Professor Luis H. Zayas has been studying for 20 years during his career as a social worker and developmental psychologist. Zayas, who’s of Puerto Rican descent, founded and now serves as the director [...]
sara ines, July 19th 2010
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Small-town cops grapple with big-time gas prices
[From The San Antonio Express-News, June 1, 2008] KARNES CITY — As fuel invoices arrive with bigger and bigger numbers, Police Chief Roel Salas shakes his head with resignation, pays them, and turns to the task of tightening the department’s belt. There’s not a whole lot he can do about the rising cost of gasoline, [...]
sara ines, May 9th 2010
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Eagle Pass manager arrested on way out
[From The San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 16, 2008] EAGLE PASS — Weeks of investigation and a resume full of lies caught up with this border town’s interim city manager Tuesday as council members voted unanimously to take steps to fire him amid applause and whistles from a standing-room-only crowd. “Once the investigation was completed, it [...]
sara ines, May 9th 2010
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Why do Texans love the shape of Texas?
[From The San Antonio Express-News, Feb. 9, 2008] TEX-ARCANA Why do Texans love the shape of Texas? State easy to recognize and market By SARA INÉS CALDERÓN San Antonio Express-news Feb. 9, 2008, 5:24PM Texans really, really love their state. That’s easy to see from the cookies, earrings, logos, sunglasses and even tattoos that take [...]
sara ines, May 9th 2010
