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Maria Robles Meier: The Senate Staffer Getting More Minorities on the Pipeline to Power

NewsTaco May 20, 2015

*This piece is from a National Journal series on the 20 most powerful women staffers on Capitol Hill. We like to highlight stories about Latin@s who push boundaries, to make […]

Nelson Diaz Loses Chance to Become Philadelphia’s First Latino Mayor

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Election Day in ‘The Land that Everybody Forgets’

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Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez appears to disparage American Indians

NewsTaco May 18, 2015

*Loretta Sanchez has since apologized, but the video of her  tapping her mouth and whooping in refence to Native Americans won’t be easy to overcome. VL By Christopher Cadelago and […]

House votes against undocumented migrants’ serving in U.S. military

NewsTaco May 15, 2015

*Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) defeated a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would have opened a door for DREAMers to enlist in the armed forces. The provision was […]

Loretta Sanchez enters 2016 Senate race in California counting on her Latino roots

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*It wasn’t the most smooth campain launch. Loretta Sanchez said she hdn’t made her mind up, then an anouncement advisory was leaked, and taken back. Then yesterday Sanchez made her […]

Is Ted Cruz Really Hispanic?”

NewsTaco May 12, 2015

By  Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco Bueno, I thought we’d seen enough of this issue but Mark Halperin of Bloomberg Politics revived the issue this week so why not revisit it.  […]