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AZ Gov. Doug Ducey never mentioned first Latino Arizona Supreme Court justice’s race

NewsTaco December 5, 2016

*What do you think? We want to celebrate our achievements, but without pandering. This is what it sounds like. VL By Robert Robb, The Arizona Republic (1.5 minute read)  Last […]

From potential vice president to the political wilderness, what’s next for Julián Castro?

NewsTaco December 2, 2016

Gov. Brown taps California’s Rep. Xavier Becerra to be state’s first Latino attorney general

NewsTaco December 1, 2016

Some Thoughts Concerning the Next Four Years

NewsTaco

*Henry Flores has sworn that he will not write or pronounce Donald Trump’s name in public. So in his columns he’ll refer to the president-elect as ESN, el señor naranja. […]

The Latino Voting Surge That Never Happened

NewsTaco November 30, 2016

*A couple of things to note. This article is from the National Review, a decidedly and unapologetically conservative publication. But it begins to spread a narrative that isn’t surprising. After […]

Of Wages and Sin

NewsTaco November 29, 2016

*What about the Trump voters that went against their best interests? The two-jobbers that might lose health insurance and wages? VL By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino (3.5 minute read)   It […]

Trump Embraces Caudillo Politics as Latin America Shuns It

NewsTaco November 23, 2016

*This is an opinion piece, written by Diego Von Vacano, an associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University. Vacano writes that the Trump figure is well known to […]