Young Latina Will Have The Spotlight At The DNC

Young Latina Will Have The Spotlight At The DNC

NewsTaco September 3, 2012

Victor Landa, NewsTaco Alejandra Salinas is playing with the big boys this week. She’s a well spoken Latina from Laredo, Texas, the first Latina elected national president of the College Democrats of America, and […]

Latino Democrats Rally The Faithful For final Push

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Victor Landa, NewsTaco If politics is anything like religion, then caucus meetings at national party conventions are old fashioned revivals and instead of  dusty tents they have them in convention […]

Julian Castro – The Buzz, The Opportunity, The Responsibility

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A day before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off and there’s a buzz in certain circles about Julian Castro, this year’s young keynoter.  I popped-in on the […]

MIGRANTS: Republicans And Latinos

NewsTaco August 31, 2012

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Here’s another commentary about what Republicans need to do to earn any kind of decent percentage of the Latino vote in November. (I’ve read several of […]

Republican National Convention Winners And Losers

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By Elaine de Valle, Voxxi It’s a wrap. The Republican National Convention closed Thursday on a mixed bag of tricks that started with a hurricane and ended with a whimper. If you […]

Raw Video: Cops Arrest Protester At RNC For Alleged “Assault”

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By Aaron Wysocki, The Young Turks Video captured by The Young Turks shows protesters (possibly from Code Pink) thrown out of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. At least […]

Romney: A Swing And A Miss But They Got A YouTube Sensation

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by Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino.com Mitt Romney’s speech was a single with no one on base.  Whether the voters move him around the bases is very much a very open question.  […]

Morning NewsTaco

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Friday August 31, 2012 Latino voters likely to make up 8% of electorate in 7 tossup states (Denver Post):  A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies projects that […]

Voter Suppression Likely To Affect Voters In Upcoming Election

Mary Mata August 29, 2012

By Latinovations As of 2011, 17 states have passed various forms of voter suppression measures, which are likely to affect the outcome of the 2012 Presidential election. Additionally, the 2012 Republic National […]

Where Have All The Minority Votes Gone?

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By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., Being Latino Latinos are not a monolithic group, but some people sure like lumping us together: From the NationalJournal: “In a lengthy, sweeping decision, a federal […]