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First Latino U.S. President Could Be 7th Grader

NewsTaco September 30, 2011

Barack Obama predicted that he’ll be alive to see a Latino candidate for president. He said a little bit more than that, but that’s the gist of his remark. If it was […]

Latino Civil Rights Figures: LULAC

Mary Mata September 29, 2011

Latino Childhood Poverty Sets Record

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No Casa Blanca For The GOP

Mary Mata

By María Cardona As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the presidential candidates and the policies they support anathema to everything I believe this country needs right now. Their […]

Democrats Need A Doctor — Calling Dr. Howard Dean

Mary Mata

By Albert Morales, President of Albert Morales Strategies, LLC It was a cold February morning in 2005 when Governor Howard Dean won the Democratic Party Chairmanship. He handily defeated candidates […]

Obama to Puerto Rico: The U.S. Congress Decides Your Fate

Mary Mata

By Julio R. Varela In a much-heralded White House Roundtable Discussion today with journalists from Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL, President Obama offered his views about Puerto Rico’s quest to finally […]

Obama Enunciates Spanish, Latino Voter Outreach Strategy

Mary Mata

So my favorite part of President Barack Obama’s Latino roundtable yesterday was how wonderfully he pronounced “Puerto Rico” and “Calderón” when answering questions that came from the readers and viewers […]