Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit
Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit
Who would have thought it? This is the lead paragraph of an Associated Press story that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times: She was just a regular kid. Now, the dress […]
Obama Goes To Colombia: Should U.S. Latinos Pay Attention?
President Barack Obama will be travelling to Cartagena, Colombia for this weekend’s Summit of the Americas. And if that sounds like filler copy on a late night radio talk program, you’re right. But wait… […]
Texas Sen. Carlos Truan, A Living Legacy
If you venture too far from South Texas or the mired halls of Texas’ state capitol politics you may not not run into too many people who’ve heard of Carlos Truan. But […]
Santorum’s Exit: What it Means For Latinos
That haze you see on the GOP side of the political aisle is the heavy dust settling after Rick Santorum’s announcement that he’s suspending his presidential campaign. It’s also the […]
What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?
For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]
Latino Veep Sweepstakes Is Like Living In A Ranch
For people who watch these things, one of the big stories of the past few days was New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez “shutting the door” on the vice-presidential speculation. For the rest […]
The Simple Truth About The GOP And Latino Voters
The Republican Party’s presidential nominating process is not officially over, but it might as well be. Mitt Romney’s candidacy is preceded, for the time being, by words like presumptive and inevitable. You get the feeling […]
Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?
By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]
Can A New Model Predict The Latino Vote?
A group of political scientists at Latino Decisions have come up with a model to take the guess work out of figuring our how the Latino vote will affect the […]
Voter Suppression In the U.S. – An Infographic
The way things now stand, 10% of Latino voters have had their right to vote suppressed in the states that have approved voter ID laws. The prospect for the future is that […]
