Afternoon NewsTaco

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Undocumented Immigrant Denied a Position in Student Government at Texas A&M (Huffington Post): What effect should an undocumented student’s immigration status have on his ability to hold leadership positions at their university? Although most members of the Student Senate at Texas A&M would not have phrased the question in that way, they essentially put that very issue to a vote this evening — and the result was disappointing.

Obama unchallenged on Hispanic media (MSNBC): …what’s been amazing is that even though the president is getting outspent by outside groups left and right, the one place opponents aren’t even COMPETING is on Hispanic media outlets.Republicans are not on air on Hispanic media AT ALL so far, according to NBC/Smart Media Delta.

What Is A Chicano? (by Cheech Marin, Huffington Post): Who the hell knows? To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I’m a Chicano because I say I am.

Born in the U.S.A.: The American origins of Cinco de Mayo (UCLA Newsroom): Why is Cinco de Mayo — a holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 — so widely celebrated in California and the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico?

Everything You Know About Cinco De Mayo Is Wrong (Forbes): Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day. Wrong. Mexico declared independence on Sept 16, 1810. So what is Cinco de Mayo about?

Cinco De Mayo 2012: How A Mexican Battle Became An American Party (Huffington Post): Mexico, battling bad drug-war publicityand the hangover from a weak U.S. economy, is trying to bolster its leisure travel trade by beginning to play up another battle, and what has become basically a drinking holiday in the U.S. –Cinco de Mayo.

Jury is out on states’ voter ID laws (Politico): Some see South Carolina’s voter ID law and other states’ efforts to tighten early voting as less of an attempt to curb voter fraud than some of the earliest volleys in the 2012 presidential race.

In Texas, how conservative is enough? (Seattle Times): …all the GOP candidates in the field this year are well to the right of Hutchison, who was considered conservative when she was elected in 1993 but would now qualify as moderate.

Three in Ten Companies Expect to Hire for Executive Level Positions Over Next Six Months (Wall Street Journal):   More than one-in-five (22 percent) companies still do not have female executives, and two-in-five companies (41 percent) do not have executive-level employees in any of the following demographics: African American, Hispanic, Asian, LGBT, Disabled, etc.