As Latinos Become White, The U.S. Becomes Latino

Recently, the idea that Latinos shouldn’t receive focused political attention because eventually, like Italian and Irish immigrants before them, they will eventually assimilate and become “white” has been tossed around. Particularly, […]

Redistricting is set to change the face of politics across the country and for at least one organization, this means vigilance and watchfulness are a must. The following are excerpts […]

Although puertorriqueños are often associated with New York City as the go-to Latino group there, things are changing, according to a recent report. Apparently, Dominicans, Ecuadorians and Mexicans are replacing […]

Even though Illinois lost a congressional seat in the recent Census, the fact that the state’s growth was fueled by Latinos may mean the new congressional districts will have to […]

The Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting story this week about a Latino who’s been trying like heck to get himself elected to pubic office in Compton, an area that […]

Some really interesting articles coming out about how Latino population growth and voter growth have affected the way House of Representative seats are being apportioned, how the district lines will […]

Let’s call it the Census hangover, the day after the big party when you wake up slightly dazed…OK dazed…alright, very dazed. There is so much information attached to so many […]

By Stace Medellín Recently I attended the Harris County (Houston) Democratic Party Brown Bag discussion, including State Reps. Armando Walle, Scott Hochberg, and Carol Alvarado. They shared an outlook of […]

Census data released today apparently shows that Latinos continue to live in segregated communities — that is with mostly other Latino neighbors — whereas whites and blacks have become more […]

While they’re just preliminary estimates, advances of the official numbers to come, the US Census pre-release releases are giving us an indication of what we should expect. The official population […]