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Greg Abbott sees future linked to Hispanic voters

NewsTaco March 27, 2014

*Latino voters in Texas aren’t looking for sentimental images of “familia.” Some candidates don’t understand how condescending it is to flash those images and speak of how “the blending of […]

National Latino Groups Mobilize to Get More Women in Politics

Mary Mata March 26, 2014

Dems try to breathe new life into Immigration Reform (and set a Tea Party trap)

NewsTaco March 25, 2014

Gallup: Racial Polarization Marks Party Preferences

Mary Mata March 24, 2014

By Adam O’Neal, Real Clear Politics Political party preference has become more polarized by race and ethnicity in the Obama age, according to data from Gallup. The Republican Party is composed of […]

Greg Abbott’s bogus voter fraud crusade

Mary Mata

By Zachary Roth, msnbc Since taking office in 2001, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has called voter fraud an “epidemic,” and made cracking down on it a top priority. Now, as he […]

Boulder Co. appoints undocumented man to human relations panel

Mary Mata March 20, 2014

By Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post The Boulder City Council this week appointed a man who is not in the country legally to the council’s Human Relations Commission, making Jose Beteta […]

Court Approves Arizona, Kansas Citizenship Proof for Voters

Mary Mata

By NBCNews A federal judge on Wednesday sided with the states of Arizona and Kansas, ruling that the federal Election Assistance Commission had to help these states enforce laws requiring […]