Cindy Casares
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The Fate Of America’s Chorizo is in Kansas City’s Hands
Chipotle is testing its new chorizo mexicano in Kansas City, MO. → Read More
Brazil’s 'Love Motels' Offer Helicopter Rides, Private DJs & Privacy
Brazil is better at sex than we are, just look at their "love motels." → Read More
U.S. Congressman to Trump: “Take Your Border Wall & Shove it Up Your A**”
On Monday, U.S. Congressman Filemon Vela (D-Texas) published an open letter to the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president Donald Trump. The letter, which appeared in the Brownsville Herald, has gone viral for its frank language. Namely, Vela ended his letter by telling Trump to “take your border wall and shove it up your a**.” → Read More
A textbook on Mexican Americans that gets their history wrong? Oh, Texas
A text up for approval by the Texas state board of education would, for the first time, feature Tejanos. But the book is mired with inaccuracies → Read More
Salvadoran Woman Denied Asylum Review After Brutal Gang Rape
A 35-year-old undocumented woman, identified in court documents as E.G.S., has been denied a second review of her asylum case after she declared in a legal document that she was raped multiple times by members of the Mara-18 gang in her home country of El Salvador. → Read More
Texas Teacher Denied Contract Renewal After Nude Photos Leak Online
High school teacher Elaine Martinez of Eagle Pass, Texas filed a report with the police after her nude photos appeared online. Martinez told officers she took the photos and sent them to someone years ago and they suddenly appeared online in April. In May, the board of the Eagle Pass Independent School District voted not to renew Martinez’s contract. → Read More
Julian and Joaquin Castro’s Mom Tricked Them Into Reading Through Wrestling Mags
Listen up mothers of young children and those who aspire to be! Here’s some sage advice from, arguably, one of the United States' most successful moms: Rosie Castro. The San Antonio native and mother of U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro and twin brother U.S. → Read More
WATCH: These Mexican Bands Made Songs About Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton
You can discover a lot about a candidate by their ballad. → Read More
Texas is Adopting Out More Latinos to Undocumented Families
Texas allows undocumented family members to adopt. → Read More
Texas Educators Indicted for Falsifying Records of Black & Latino Students
After five years of federal investigation, the FBI arrested five current and former Texas educators last week for scheming to defraud the federal government. According to reports, the El Paso Independent School District teachers altered the records of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students, among other things, in order to appear as though EPISD was meeting and exceeding federal standards for… → Read More
Texas Educators Indicted for Falsifying Records of Black & Latino Students
The FBI arrested five current and former Texas educators last week for scheming to defraud the federal government → Read More
Thousands of Mexican-Americans Fought for the Confederate Army in the Civil War
A recent letter-to-the-editor in the Brownsville Herald raises the issue that Tejanos fought in the Civil War. It makes sense. Tejanos are U.S. citizens and the country was at war, but since people of color are whitewashed out of American history books and most high-profile documentaries, it’s a fact I never contemplated. → Read More
Dolores Huerta Encourages Texas Voters to Organize at Planned Parenthood Event
Dolores Huerta was the guest of honor at an annual Planned Parenthood South Texas luncheon earlier this month. The civil rights leader joined PPFA president Cecile Richards in a conversation-style interview in front of more than 1,000 people at the sold-out event. There, she encouraged the crowd to organize Texas voters for their own political futures and that of the entire country. → Read More
How a Horrific Parent-Children Murder Impacted a Latino Town in Texas
A new book is telling the real-life tale of a ghastly 2003 murder that rocked the Southern Texas town of Brownsville. MORE: Two Arrested in 'Gang Related' Murder of Teenage Girls in L.A. → Read More
1.7 Million Texas Children Live in Poverty, Majority Are Latino
One in every four Texas kids, or 1.7 million children, live below the poverty line, and 64 percent is Latino. → Read More
Supreme Court's Immigration Case Personal for Undocumented College Students
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of United States v. Texas, in which 25 estados, led by the Lone Star State, challenged President Barack Obama’s authority to make the 2014 executive action expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and enacting Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DACA). → Read More
Texas Nursing Home Professionals Can Earn More Working at McDonald’s
In Texas, you can bring home more dinero by flippin' burgers at a fast food joint than you can working at a nursing home. MORE: How Big is the Wage Gap in Your State? Check Out This Map! → Read More
Austin "Bans the Box" to Ensure People with Convictions Have a Fair Chance to Work
Last week, the Austin City Council passed a new ordinance that prohibits employers from asking for a job applicant’s criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. The Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance was voted in on March 24, 2016, with eight members for, two members against and one not present for voting. → Read More
Will a Proposed Bill End Special Immigration Benefits for Cubans?
A bill that would end the so-called “wet-foot, dry foot” U.S. immigration policy for Cubans was filed in Congress last week. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a DINO from Laredo, and Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi filed the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens (or CUBA) act, which is a particularly mean name in my opinion. → Read More
The Rio Grande Valley Has Major AIDS Spike Among Latino Men
Texas' Rio Grande Valley has seen about an 89 percent increase in HIV and AIDS cases compared with five years ago, according to new data just released by Valley AIDS Council. → Read More