Morning NewsTaco

Tuesday July 24, 2012 Voting Rights Act petitions reach Supreme Court (Reuters):  Two legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law adopted in 1965 that barred racial discrimination […]

Monday July 23, 2012 Latinos react to Aurora movie theater shooting (NBCLatino):   A gunman, identified as 24-year-old James Holmes, allegedly shot and killed 12 people and injured 50 in a midnight […]

By Latino Decisions In polling data released today, Latino Decisions reports that Latino registered voters oppose the Supreme Court decision to uphold the controversial provision in Arizona’s SB1070 law that would […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor A resolution to un-ban the Chicano literature books that had been previously banned by the Tucson Unified School District has been placed on the board’s […]

Thursday July 19, 2012 Obama opens up massive 48-point lead among Latino voters (Houston Chronicle): A nightmare scenario for Republicans is playing itself out. In sloooooooow motion. A new poll of Latino voters released […]

By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi The self-proclaimed America’s toughest sheriff and his office will head to court this week to face a class-action lawsuit that includes allegations of racial profiling against […]

Tuesday July 18, 2012 Latinos And The Online Campaign: Where Are They? (kpbs):  It’s conventional wisdom that Latinos will play a key role in the November elections, especially in the West. Democrats and Republicans are […]

George, Pretty much every Latino in the U.S. has heard about you calling out Sheriff Arpaio by now. It was great TV. A great laugh. You went on HBO, did […]

Thursday July 12, 2012 Mitt Romney NAACP Speech Shows He Failed To Learn Father’s Civil Rights Lessons, Black Caucus Says (Huffington Post):  Prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus gave […]

Wednesday July 11, 2012 Joe Biden to Latino voters: Mitt Romney “wants you to show your papers, but he won’t show us his” (Houston Chronicle):  Vice President Joe Biden used […]