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Will Latinos Desert Democrats during the Mid-Term Election?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco The short and quick answer to this question is “no.” The reasons are innumerable and I have pointed them out here before. But, it appears […]
Will Latinos Ever Become Republican?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco This question is currently being debated, given the findings of a recent Latino Decisions’ poll indicating that the GOP would be viewed more favorably by […]
Seventy Years Later: The Zoot Suit Riots and the Complexity of Youth Culture
*This is a good read, now that the Cesar Chavez movie has brought conversation about U.S. Latino history to kitchen tables and social media. Coverage of the Zoot Suit riots […]
Police use tear gas to quell vigil for Latino teen
By Meredith Clark, MSNBC A vigil for a teenage boy who died mysteriously in police custody erupted on Thursday night in Durham, NC. Police in riot gear fired tear gas into […]
Getting Inked is a Tradition With Latinos
By John Rosales, Hispanic Link News Service My tio Lalo was proud of the Jesus portrait tattooed across his chest. He also had the Virgen strategically scratched on his left […]
El Nuevo South: Latinos in Atypical Destinations
By Eduardo Diaz, Smithsonain Latino Center Annually, as the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month dawns, I field around 10 requests to speak on a variety of Latino cultural topics, to […]
Compton Latino gang members and race
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Two Latino gang members from Compton are scheduled to plead guilty on Thursday, Oct. 16, to federal hate crimes in attacks on black youths […]
Ted Cruz is losing his Latino Cred, but gaining as performance art
Victor Landa, NewsTaco Not that it matters to him, but Senator Ted Cruz is slowly losing his credibility in the Latino community. Many, if not most, Latinos cringed at the […]
Interview with Ray Suarez PBS Newshour correspondent and author of Latino Americans
By Juniper Rose, Hispanic Link Following is an interview with Ray Suarez, broadcast journalist, PBS Newshour senior correspondent and author of “Latino Americans” by Hispanic Link reporter, Juniper Rose. The […]
Anaheim’s changes not enough for Latino community
By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times It began with violence: Anaheim police firing beanbags and a police dog breaking loose and lunging into a crowd of men, women and children, […]