CA’s Raul Ruiz Says Latino Politics Are Mainstream Politics
CA’s Raul Ruiz Says Latino Politics Are Mainstream Politics
Dr. Raul Ruiz says that he is an emergency room physician first, and his foray into politics as the Democratic candidate for the 36th Congressional District is but another way […]
The GOP Latino Primary Path: Downhill From Here
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 […]
Daniel D. Portado: The Original Self-Deportationist
Although Mitt Romney has lately been in the news for promoting self-deportation, there is someone who beat him to the concept back in the 1990s — Daniel D. Portado. (It was […]
Romney’s “Self Deportation” Is Pandering At Its Worst
Now that the race has moved from South Carolina to Florida, Mitt Romney has to pander his vote to the people who are most concerned about immigration (for now), Hispanics. […]
Romney’s Self Deportation Rhetoric Is Offensive To Latinos
By Eliseo Medina, SEIU Has Mitt Romney forgotten that Latinos speak English as well as Spanish? How else can he explain his double talk when it comes to the Latino […]
It’s Not The Size Of The Latino Electorate That Matters
All of the punditry and political posturing, all of the urgency and calls for action, all of the outrage and tacit and direct messages sent will be for naught if […]
“Mexican Mitt” Is A Latino Response To Political Doublespeak
In 2012 Latino voters are going to be critical to races across the country, yet it seems that even as candidates woo these voters with their targeted messages, the actual […]
Newt Gingrich Uses The Jedi Mind Trick To Win South Carolina
Go ahead, call Newt Gingrich a deceptive, racist, amoral sack of putrid excrement. Go ahead and question his ethics and bring up that, during his tenure as Speaker of the House, […]
Latino Abortion Stereotype Shattered
This puts a twist in the Republican belief that Latinos are conservatives at heart, but vote liberal because of tradition. The anti-abortion, or right to life, stance is a major […]
Latinos, Honor Martin Luther King Jr By Registering To Vote
By Rebecca Lynn Guerra The commemoration of Dr. King’s birthday forces us to reflect on the civil rights movement, its past, and our future. The movement conjures up images and […]