Opinion: What’s the Matter with Iowa? Mucho!
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*I’ve been asking the same question. Iowa is overwhelmingly white, where mostly evangelicals vote, it’s rural and it’s first to have primary in presidential election years. The point is that […]
2016 is forcing immigration activists to tear up their old playbook
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*I get the premise of this story – that DREAMers have been scooped-up by the presidential campaigns because . . . Trump. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The […]
Long winter absences no longer plague educators at largely Hispanic schools
NewsTaco January 27, 2016
*Here are some of the reasons given by families that are no longer taking extended trips to Mexico over the holidays: Immigration enforcement is tighter; companies retain employees over the […]
Survery: Minorities make up 14 percent of state lawmakers
NewsTaco January 26, 2016
*Part of the reason, according to this article, is the lack of outreach encouraging Asians and Latinas and Latinos to run for office. There’s also a gender gap: men hold […]