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High court upholds Mich affirmative action ban

NewsTaco April 22, 2014

*There’s an important semantic issue at play in this story.Technically, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an election, because it was an election, not because of the result. Michigan voters decided […]

Can Eva Longoria Help Kickstart The 2016 Hispanic Vote?

NewsTaco April 21, 2014

Baseball’s Demographic Shifts Bring Cultural Complexities

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Escuinapa, Sinaloa – town of bicycles and mangos

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*I’m always looking forward to Sam Quiñones’ posts. He finds the extraordinary in the common. Now, he’s started to tell his stories with video. VL By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s […]

Immigration Legislation or Executive Action Will Shape Latino Vote

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*Four quick graphs that show how immigration is a central issue in the coming mid-term elections. We know that Republicans could help themselves by bringing CIR to a vote, and […]

Supreme Court Rejects AZ’s Appeal Seeking To Punish People Who Harbor Undocumented Immigrants

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*Arizona Governer Jan Brewer has taken her state’s ban on harboring undocumented immigrants as far as she could. To no avail. A circuit court had ruled that the Arizona harboring […]

Border Security is a Global Industry Worth $544 Billion

NewsTaco April 18, 2014

*This puts the political insistence on border security in perspective. The border security industry is growing at a 5 percent rate, the U.S. Border Patrol is helping other countries set […]