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New Jersey Man Goes To Jail For Threats To Latinos
A New Jersey man who sent threatening emails to Latino organizations from anonymous email accounts received a sentence of 50 months in prison and a fine of $10,000. We wrote […]
In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students; and No Vote With No I.D.
There are plenty of places to keep an eye on today – with the budget impasse in Washington and all. At the state level there are important bills and ideas […]
How Latinos Are Changing The Electoral College Map
[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. He is a […]
How Latinos Hold The Key To The 2010 Presidential Election
[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. He is a regular […]
Can You Imagine a Latino President of the US?
[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. I recently mentioned […]
Gonzalez: The GOP Problem is Not Rhetoric
The leader of the Congressional Hispanic caucus says that the problem that Republicans have with Latinos is not the problem they think they have. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-TX, wrote in […]
First Order of Business for New Congress: Exclude Puerto Rico
The new Republican leaning congress got straight to work after taking their oath of office and listening to a reading of the US Constitution. Their first order of business was […]
A Trend to Give Non-citizens the Right to Vote
Here’s a trend of note. Brookline, Massachusetts, is the latest in a handful of cities in that state that have approved voting rights for non-citizens. I remember hearing about the […]
LULAC Responds to ‘Don’t Vote’ Campaign
I wrote previously about how hard it is to vote anyway. Then, when people like Robert De Esposada — a highly paid Republican operative and a former highly placed party […]
Can former felons vote in your state? A quick guide.
It was interesting, the number of times the question came up while I was registering voters back in 2004. Can an ex-felon register to vote? or the more personal, “I’m […]