election
Why This Presidential Election is so special?
*Henry Flores is sick and tired of the same ol’ politics. Here’s how he says we can fix it. VL By Henry Flores, NewsTaco (4 minute read) Although we may […]
Why Teachers Cannot Remain Neutral About the Presidential Election
*Presidential politics in the high school classroom: Saying Trump’s comments are unacceptable is not political indoctrination. It’s teaching. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino (4 minute read) The Chicago Public […]
Jill Stein Is The Only Presidential Candidate Embracing the Term Latinx This Election
*I’m not a fan of the whole Latinx thing because I get mired in pronouns: is it hx, shx, thxm, hxr, and what about our? Xxr? Anyway . . . VL […]
Google searches reveal how obsessed Hispanic voters are with this election
*This is new territory, folks who hadn’t been interested and hadn’t voted before are doing so now, so it’s hard to draw definite conclusions. A Google search doesn’t equal a […]
Latino Millennial footprint of the 2016 elections
*More elusive than the Millennial vote is the Latino millennial vote. Forty-two percent are expected to go to the polls in November and no one can say for certain why. […]
Latino millennials could play key role in election
*As always, the operative word in the headline is “could.” It all depends on Latino millennial turnout at the polls. VL By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News (3 minute read) […]
Two Latino women seeking election to the Georgia General Assembly
*First, the headline is a copy of the original Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline – I would have gone with Latinas. Second, WOOT! VL By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution As The Atlanta […]
Facebook, ‘Trump effect’ may boost Latino impact on election
*What’s cool about this column from the Dallas Morning News’s Mercedes Olivera is that as you read it you’re proving her point. Check it out. VL By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas […]
We Don’t Have to Wait for the General Election to See the Harmful Effects of Voter-ID Laws
*This isn’t doom and gloom, it’s knowing what lies ahead and preparing for the journey. In the run for the November election some state legislatures are doubling-down on their voter […]
This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one ‘Latino vote’
*This story tells me that the idea of a monolithic, homogeneous Latino community is starting to crack at the edges. It’s an old story and a fresh story at the […]