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Luis Gutiérres introduces both of his selves to us

Mary Mata October 24, 2013

By Mariana Correa, Hispanic Link News Service   “The greatest good for the greatest number,” Congressman Luis Gutiérrez sums it up to reporters jogging alongside him after his press conference in […]

We’ve seen the Latino leader. The Latino leader is us.

NewsTaco October 23, 2013

Three-Fourths of Hispanics Say Their Community Needs a Leader

Mary Mata

Texas Latino Judge Switches Party, Denouncing GOP as Party of Bigots and Hate-Mongers

Mary Mata October 22, 2013

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet A Republican Judge from San Antonio, Texas, has announced he is quitting the GOP and will seek re-election as a Democrat, saying that he can no longer […]

Latinos and the GOP

Mary Mata

By La Opinion The radicalization of the Tea Party and its growing influence within the GOP are detrimental both to that political organization and to moderate, independent voters who are losing […]

Latino Population Maps Reveal Demographic Pattern Regardless Of Origin

Mary Mata October 21, 2013

By Huffington Post Latino Voices While the Latino identity may be hard to define, it seems the nearly two dozen nationalities that compose this ambiguous ethnicity do share some common ground […]

NYPD groups push to promote Hispanic first commissioner as next police chief

Mary Mata

By Tina Moore, New York Daily News Latino and Dominican leaders in the NYPD are demanding that the next mayor appoint a veteran Hispanic officer as the city’s next top […]