In an op-ed column for El Diario La Prensa, Ed Morales explores the chances of a Latino New Yorker becoming mayor of New York City someday, after a history of failed attempts.

A non-profit bakery is helping revitalize the once-renowned ethnic food market La Marqueta in East Harlem by offering on-site baking training to immigrant women, reported Natasha Verma in Northattan.

The family of Román Bermejo, a Mexican day laborer from Yonkers who has been in a coma at a New Jersey hospital for five months, is fighting so he can continue to receive the medical care he needs at a location close to them, El Diario La Prensa reported.

A store in Brooklyn has decided to accept Mexican pesos, bringing back a practice that however rare dates back four centuries, El Diario La Prensa reported.

A Mexican New Yorker is using mariachi music to help connect the new generation of Mexican immigrants with the rich culture of their homeland, reports Feet in 2 Worlds in a podcast.

In parts of Sunset Park and Brighton Beach, young Mexican-American gangs are taking over the area as gangs from other ethnic groups become less prevalent, El Diario La Prensa reports. Zaira Cortés delves into their rituals and activities, including second-generation gang members learning to speak their parents’ native language.

In a column for Queens Latino, Percy D. Luján argues that Latinos must put aside national differences and unite politically to make their voices heard on issues ranging from school over-crowding to gentrification.

For some Latinos, delivering a package does not mean going through FedEx, but instead hiring a “burrero” (Spanish for “donkey”) — a person who makes a living traveling between countries to deliver goods. Burreros can bring news of family members, or even accompany children traveling without their parents, El Diario reports.

Four Caribbean teenagers’ mission to learn about their Lubavitch neighbors in Crown Heights; an indigenous Mexican band speaks out against violence against Mexicans in the United States; study links literacy, math skills to medication errors; and a massive rooftop farm for Sunset Park.

With Mexicans making up 10.3 percent of the U.S. population, Cinco de Mayo has become an American celebration. But many gringos seem to mistakenly think that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day — or an homage to the blessed margarita cocktail. Here’s what it’s really about.

While the Occupy Wall Street movement has been relatively quiet recently, a group of Sunset Park residents hope to create some noise with a protest that serves the interests of their immigrant-rich neighborhood, The Brooklyn Bureau reported.

While some Latino restaurant owners have struggled to make ends meet, others have created businesses that have thrived over decades in New York City. El Diario asked six of these neighborhood institutions for their “recipe for success.”

Here’s another story of unpaid wages, but this time the workers — day laborers in Westchester County — won a victory. The laborers recovered much of the $15,000 they had not received from the owner of a construction company.

The Mexican actress and television host Paola Cancillieri has some fun with stereotypes of Latinos this YouTube video, which is part of the “Being Latino” campaign. In an interview with the Queens Courier, the T.V. personality explained the campaign and why she got involved.

Three Mexican immigrants filed a federal lawsuit in New York against their employer, which produces piñatas, in which they allege abuse, exploitation and dangerous working conditions.