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Invisible Racism – It’s Not the Racism of Your Parent’s Day

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I’ve been watching the discussions over immigration reform and the civil rights movement for a number of years.  I began reading about racism while I […]

What The University of Texas Affirmative Action Case Is Really About

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

G.O.P. Opposition to Immigration Law Is Falling Away

Mary Mata

Obama’s Legislative Director: A Latino No One Knows, Yet

Mary Mata

By Philip Rucker, Washington Post Miguel Rodriguez is President Obama’s new director of legislative affairs. That makes him the president’s Congress whisperer and arm-twister, tasked with convincing Republican lawmakers of the virtues […]

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Arizona Immigration Law

Mary Mata March 19, 2013

By Jacques Billeaud and Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press/TIME The Supreme Court will consider the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents […]

Carmona Won’t Run for Arizona Governor in 2014

Mary Mata

By Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Richard Carmona, the former surgeon general who lost a close Senate race in 2012, won’t be running for governor next year, the Democrat has announced. “I’m […]

The RNC’s Tom Perez Problem

NewsTaco March 18, 2013

By Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo The two biggest political stories of the day — the RNC’s release of its reaction to the party’s 2012 drubbing, and Tom Perez’s nomination […]