Finding the worst reputation to make my father look good

I think one of my father’s biggest disappointments was the fact that he wanted me to get into Quebradita culture. He wanted me to get into the fashion – he […]

Sylvia Romo should be preparing for retirement, instead, she’s campaigning as the Democratic candidate for the 35th district of Texas. The long-time tax assessor-collector of Bexar County and former state […]

By Jose Cruz, OurTiempo Two weeks ago Time magazine devoted their cover to proclaiming that Latinos would decide the next President of the United States. With the growth of our population and […]

By Elizabeth Heath Credit his record on social issues and a slowly reviving economy, or blame conservatives’ so-called “War on Women,” but a new poll shows that Barack Obama is winning over […]

National politicians, and all those  hovering in their bubble, are clueless about Latinos when the fodder for their snarky remarks and sharp-edged banter comes directly from a dinner menu (the […]

Mississippi State Representative Stephen Holland has become my personal hero. Seriously. He’s the guy who filed a bill in the Mississippi state legislature (HB150) to change the name of the Gulf of […]

I did something this past Sunday that I’ve never done in my life. I walked out of mass in protest. No, fire and brimstone didn’t descend upon me; my leaving wasn’t followed by […]

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Latino Decisions José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo, had one important task during the September 7, 2011, Republican debate—to ask the candidates about […]

If there is a tendency for Latino voters to favor the Republican party, small as the tendency may be, we’ve heard it loudly in the Florida primary. From here on […]

Think of the President’s State of the Union speech as the opening whistle in the 2012 presidential sweepstakes. Until the moment before President Obama entered the U.S. House chamber to […]