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The Growing Success of Latina Political Candidates

Mary Mata September 16, 2013

By Christina Bejarano, Latino Decisions The political landscape of the 2008 presidential election, with Obama and Clinton as major party political candidates for president, brought up important questions concerning the impact […]

Over 100 women, including undocumented, arrested in pro-immigration action

Mary Mata September 13, 2013

White House names Latino as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Mary Mata September 12, 2013

How Crossing The Border Can Get Your Laptop Confiscated

Mary Mata

By Adrian Florido, Fronteras A report by The New York Times sheds light on how the United States government has routinely confiscated and searched the computers and electronic devices of people entering […]

Clorado Latina recalled over gun control support; says she has “not one iota of regret”

Mary Mata

By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino Angela Giron, a freshman Latina state Senator who was elected to represent a strongly Democratic and working-class district of Pueblo, Colorado, lost her seat Tuesday in […]

Carlos Menchaca’s primary victory lifts Mexican New Yorkers’ political hopes

Mary Mata

By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News Sunset Park played host to history on Tuesday as a young political upstart vanquished an entrenched incumbent City Councilwoman. But this primary victory […]

Chicanos movement revisited changes that helped all

Mary Mata September 11, 2013

By Eduardo Stanley, Voxxi “My birth certificate of 1943 says my race is ‘Mexican’!,” explains amused Dr. Jorge Garcia, a veteran of the Chicano Movement in California’s Central Valley. “In 1965, […]