California May Add Latino Seats With Redistricting
California May Add Latino Seats With Redistricting
As we reported previously, California’s first batch of redistricting wasn’t particularly complimentary to Latinos and other minorities in California. Since, the redistricting commission has taken a second stab at it, […]
Texas Rep Joaquín Castro To Run For Congress
Current Texas State Rep. out of San Antonio Joaquín Castro is set to run for a newly-redistricted congressional seat, which will probably see some minor adjustments in court, against longtime […]
Senate Democrats Re-Introduce Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
A new comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced on Wednesday by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and other Senate Democrats includes tougher provisions that the legislators hope will sway their Republican counterparts to […]
Texas GOP Redistricting Plan: Biased, Prejudiced, Bigoted
News Taco interviewed Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair and San Antonio-area Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, who spoke to us about the prejudicial undertones of the Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan in […]
How To Get 2 Latinos Into The White House
By Dr. Henry Flores, Ph.D. San Antonio, Texas — Bueno, those of us in the know already have decided that Julián Castro will be either the first Latino President of […]
Obama Wants Bipartisan, Comprehensive Immigration Reform
President Barack Obama held an immigration forum today that invited leaders from across the country — except for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Invitees included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, […]
What If Congress Reflected The U.S. Population?
In an amazing graphic, Good Magazine shows us how deficient Congress is as a “representative” body for the United States. The graphic shows demographic data for the U.S. and compares […]
2 New Latino Congressional Seats Suggested In Texas
A group of Latino advocacy organizations in Texas have taken matters into their own hands when it comes to redistricting in the state. Calling themselves the Texas Latino Redistricting Task […]
VIDEO: José Ángel Gutiérrez On Texas Redistricting
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 […]
UPDATED: 16 San Anto DREAMers Arrested
UPDATED: Sixteen DREAM Act protesters were arrested at Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s offices tonight after a six-hour sit-in. Apparently, the Washington, D.C. offices of Sen. Hutchison did not want the […]
