[A NewsTaco Post] NPR, while capable of some incredible journalism, did a half-assed job of trying to create a trend story this week that implied Latino Islam converts were somehow more dangerous or prone to terrorism than other Muslim extremists. First and foremost, it’s important to note that neither all Muslims, nor all Latino Muslim converts are [...]
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¡Qué Rico! How to Make Healthy (Re)fried Pinto Beans
[A NewsTaco post] Hey y’all, not to give away the family recipe or anything, but there are a few easy and healthy things you can do to make your refried beans just a little more healthy. 1.) Clean the beans, taking out all the halves, rocks, etc. Wash them until the water is no longer [...]
sara ines, September 13th 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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Video Dallas MegaMarch, May 1, 2010
[May 01, 2010 - Santuario de Guadalupe to Dallas City Hall on 1pm, Saturday, May 1st. 2010, Dallas, Texas. Included are shots of a wide variety of law enforcement and counter-demonstrators. Video by Mike I.]
sara ines, May 2nd 2010
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Facebook for Small Businesses
This week, today actually, I wrote up two separate stories about how Facebook can help small businesses. I know that as a writer for Inside Facebook I preach the gospel of social media — the medium is the message, after all — but, in these instances (particularly the one about the Rice University study) I [...]
sara ines, March 4th 2010
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Facebook’s Ethnic Diversity Mirrors U.S. Population
[An Inside Facebook post] Facebook’s Data Team has just published a report called “How Diverse is Facebook?” in which the company analyzed the surnames of U.S. users in order to estimate a breakdown of US Facebook users by ethnicity. The conclusions? While Whites and Asian/Pacific Islanders have historically been more represented on Facebook compared to [...]
sara ines, February 27th 2010
