The States Where Latino Votes Will Matter In 2012

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]

Now that so much attention is being paid to the Latino community because of the results of the US Census it’s a good time to dig a little deeper, to […]

by Herny Flores, Ph.D. I’ve been out of the country for a couple of weeks and have had a chance to view United States politics through the eyes of non-Americans.  […]

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]

Grace Flores-Hughes is a federal employee who says she created the word “Hispanic” for official government use. She’s from South Texas and seems to be  Republican. There’s a long interview […]

Activist and attorney José Ángel Gutiérrez gave News Taco an interview about what’s at stake in Texas’ redistricting fight — which revolves around the huge growth of Latinos in that […]

I recently had the occasion to interview Domingo García, former Dallas mayor pro tem, former Dallas state rep, attorney, and rumored future U.S. Congressional candidate. García outlined a simple and easy-to-follow plan […]

The New York Times created an interactive map that allows users to see county-by-county Census data for the entire country. Click on a county and demographic information for that county […]

Libya’s airspace has been secured with the no-fly zone. Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano swears that security on the U.S. border is “better than it’s ever been.” Japan […]

Texas — like California and Arizona — is seeing huge Latino gains in its population. The majority of students in Texas are now Latino, making up 50.2% of the 4.9 […]