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Latino Influence Should Follow Latino Population Growth

NewsTaco April 8, 2011

Votes and political power have much to do with influence, and as more Latinos become eligible and vote the influence will follow. But there’s a lot to be said about […]

“Show me Your Papers,” When Your Papers are Pesos

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In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students; and No Vote With No I.D.

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How Will a Federal Government Shutdown Affect You?

NewsTaco

Whether the federal government shuts down or not is yet to be seen. The hard and fast deadline for a negotiated agreement on the federal budget is midnight, tonight. In the mean […]

News Taco To Go: Govt Shutdown, Japan Earthquake, Oil Prices And More

Mary Mata

The government looks to be heading towards a shutdown without a budget deal before midnight; the sad things is most of the reason is not monetary, but partisan. Three more […]

Obama’s Approval Rating With Latinos Drops

Mary Mata April 7, 2011

Surprisingly, given President Barack Obama’s blatant sweeping aside of Latino issues while blatantly pandering to Latino voters at the same time, his approval rating with this demographic dropped in March. […]

How Do We Get More Latinos To Vote?

NewsTaco

I’ve written several times about how of all of the Latinos that live in the US, only 41 percent are eligible to vote. That means that they are citizens at […]