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Yikes, Ted Cruz for President!
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco That’s the way one Democratic Party operative put it in a donation email that went out last week. Sometimes party activists use fear tactics to […]
Research Group Media Matters To Scrutinize Hispanic News More Closely
*Good news, right? Keep in mind that the first Media Matters Hispanic watch story reduced Hispanic media to Spanish language TV and newspapers. Not the best first step out of […]
Latino Media Tout Jeb Bush As A “Hispanic Candidate” While Glossing Over His Important Policy Positions
*Wait. Latino media? Here’s what’s ironic about this Media Matters article: The writer calls-out “Hispanic” media for covering Jeb Bush through the lens of a single, immigration, issue while downplaying […]
Pope Francis will likely discuss immigration in address to Congress
*Acording to this article, Pope Francis has made helping immigrants one of the cornerstones of his papacy. He’s already emphasized immigrants and immigration in his speeches to the European Parliament and during […]
Latino Perspectives on SOTU Issues
*I like this. The State of the Union from a Latino perspective, backed by serious data. VL By Latino Decisions A number of issues addressed in tonight’s State of the […]
Playing the Environmental Card: A Winning Strategy for Mobilizing Latinos in 2014
*Here’s something new on an old topic. How to get more Latinos to the polls in the midterms. I don’t know that the green issue will do the trick, but […]
A kind of Ebola that spreads like the Flu
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I got a flu shot this week, the one that’s supposed to engage a body’s defenses against four strains of the disease. I recommend that all […]
Green Latinos: Will environmental worries dispel idea of one-issue voters?
*Why is it that when politicos and environmentalists “discover” that Latinos aren’t a one-issue monolith, it’s a “new” thing? We’ve been saying this for decades. And now, suddenly, it’s a […]
A New Shade of Green: Arte and Community-Building for Conservation
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco This week will be the second Americas Latino Eco Festival. In case you missed it, an all-star lineup of artists, film makers, writers, performers, advocates, and […]
Report: Latinos want environment-friendly candidates
*Pollution, climate change; Latino support of environmental causes crosses political parties, gender and age. VL By Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill Hispanics are increasingly more likely to vote for candidates who support […]