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Donald Trump’s Nightmare Voter: Muslim and Latino!

NewsTaco March 8, 2016

*The one big take-away? That as Trump’s anti-Latino and anti-Muslim rhetoric intensifies, so does Latino and muslim grassroots activism. VL By Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast (4.3 minute read) Think […]

Chicano journalist-activist Olvera dies at 71

NewsTaco March 7, 2016

Latino man denied burial at “whites only” cemetery in Texas

NewsTaco March 4, 2016

Here’s a Short List of 5 Potential Latino Supreme Court Nominees

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*This is well and good, but I wonder how many of the names on this list are also in that binder that President Obama has that’s filled with names of […]

Clinton names rising Dem standout Julian Castro as prospective VP pick

NewsTaco March 3, 2016

*This is the rumor that doesn’t die, fueled now by Clinton herself. So does that mean it’s no longer a rumor? Hillary is quoted as saying  she would “seriously consider” […]

Generation gaps and ideological divides: what Hillary and Bernie could learn from Chicana/o history

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*”There is not one presidential candidate that can solve it all.” Aaron Sanchez explains why Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each fallen short in their campaigns – Clinton to […]

Latino voters need more than candidates who just look like us

NewsTaco March 1, 2016

* By Lisa Magaña, Quartz In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party made it clear that its first and only priority was winning the Latino vote […]