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Los Angeles Redistricting Discriminates Against Latinos, Activists Say

Mary Mata December 3, 2013

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is aggressively pursuing lawsuits over minority voting rights in Texas and North Carolina, but the Justice […]

Young Latinos Are Feeling the Positive Effects of the Affordable Care Act

Mary Mata November 27, 2013

Latina Democrat throws hat in ring for Texas lieutenant governor

Mary Mata November 26, 2013

Border Fence Construction Begins Near Historic Site

Mary Mata

By  Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Fronteras The construction of new stretch of fencing along the U.S./Mexico border in El Paso is causing concerns among some locals. They say it could interfere with […]

San Antonio has been a breeding ground for Latino Rights Organizations

Mary Mata

By Al Kauffman, San Antonio Express News San Antonio, distinctively Latino for all of its history, is naturally distinctive in another respect: as birthplace and incubator for scores of state, […]

Remembering JFK; Latinos recall a relationship cut short

Mary Mata November 22, 2013

By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Al Maldonado has been planning since last year to bring back together people who were at the Rice Hotel the night before John F. Kennedy was killed. […]

Latinos recall the hope they lost when Kennedy was killed

Mary Mata

By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News Leanor Villareal remembers it was a glorious sunny day that November when President John. F. Kennedy came to Dallas. She was working in accounting at Neiman Marcus, and […]