Texas Redistricting Case Is In The Hands of 3 Federal Judges
Texas Redistricting Case Is In The Hands of 3 Federal Judges
All of the arguments in the federal law suit against the State of Texas’ redistricting scheme have been made. The Plaintiffs – The Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC); LULAC; MALDEF – have […]
Santorum Slip Reveals GOP Bias
A big stink was raised recently about a comment made by Senator Rick Santorum during the Tea Party presidential debate broadcast on CNN. The senator was on the offensive, joining […]
Political Icon Joe Bernal Testifies In Redistricting Trial
The legal battle that’s unfolding in a Federal courtroom in San Antonio, Texas, could well have repercussions across the country. News Taco has reported on the trial and how Texas’ Mexican […]
Rick Perry Walks An Immigration Tightrope
In what may have been the most surreal moment of the present GOP presidential campaign, Arizona’s sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted this: Just received phone call at my house from TX. […]
Federal Court Showdown Could Change Latino Politics
This is the week of the big showdown in a Texas courtroom. I don’t mean to breech the fuzzy limits of melodrama, but what happens in that federal courtroom could change the politics of […]
Latino Civil Rights Leaders: Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales was born in Denver, Colorado in 1928. Though he saved throughout high school by working in beet fields, he found that he could not afford to finish […]
Poll: Economy, DREAM Act Important To Latino Voters
By Alicia Menendez Yesterday, Latino Decision released a new poll which found Obama’s approval numbers dipping among Latinos. Here, Latino Decisions pollster Matt Barreto weighs in on the importance of immigration to […]
Obama Admin Trying To Win Back Latino Voters
So we all knew it was coming, the immigration announcement last week, the big Latino conference at the White House, and here it is, an exclusive storyin the insider-ey Washington Post, […]
When Politicians Speak, What Do We Hear?
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The Rhetoric Of The 2012 Election Will Be About Race
Which Democratic leader does the 35th congressional district “belong” to? The longtime congressman Lloyd Doggett or the state representative-turned-congressional-candidate Joaquín Castro? Considering that both are essentially new residents to this emergent […]
