Ray Suarez: Arizona, Nevada Will Be Pivotal In 2012 Election

Ray Suarez: Arizona, Nevada Will Be Pivotal In 2012 Election

Mary Mata January 11, 2012

By Yvonne Condes One of my journalism heroes is Ray Suarez of PBS NewsHour. On January 4, I was fortunate enough to catch him after a panel on presidential election […]

Santorum Unlikely To Win Latino Vote Despite Iowa Performance

Mary Mata January 9, 2012

Despite enjoying a sudden emergence and strong second-place finish in Tuesday’s Iowa Republican caucuses, experts believe Rick Santorum would be unable to secure the Latino vote in 2012. Although he […]

Latinos Have No Viable Presidential Choice On The Right

Mary Mata December 27, 2011

By Dustin Mendus Over the past few weeks we’ve seen Herman Cain’s campaign collapse and die due to allegations of scandal (must be an awkward Christmas at the Cain residence […]

The Republican Party Is Just Not For Latinos

Mary Mata December 20, 2011

Today’s offering was supposed to be about what it would mean for the United States if we had a woman president and I was going to use Argentina as a […]

Funny Or Sad: The GOP Presidential Candidates

Mary Mata December 16, 2011

What is passing as a Republican Presidential Primary is both sad and funny. Sad because the current process, very public and very embarrassing, is designed to nominate a candidate who […]

Poll Shows The GOP Seen As “Hostile” By Latino Voters

Mary Mata December 15, 2011

A new survey found that an overwhelming majority of Latino voters believe the Republican Party is “hostile” toward them and is alienating them. The impreMedia/Latino Decisions survey also found that not even […]

Texas Dems Enlist Young People To Get Out Vote In 2012

Mary Mata

By Anthony Gutierrez and Rebecca Acuña, the Texas Democratic Party Our community is under attack by right-wing extremists. We’re willing to bet, albeit not $10,000, that you’ve had enough of […]

What Will Become Of Texas’ Redistricting?

Mary Mata December 13, 2011

Well, I could’ve said “I told you so!” but I’ll reserve that trite comment for another occasion. Instead, I’m simply going to register my dismay at the current state of […]

How Texas’ Redistricting Lawsuit Really Went Down

Mary Mata December 1, 2011

A lawsuit over new state and congressional districts that disenfranchised Latino voters in Texas just wrapped up. A panel of three federal judges redrew the map for the upcoming 2012 […]

New Latino Congressional Seats Created In Texas

Mary Mata November 23, 2011

Three federal judges released interim 2012 Congressional maps after a lawsuit alleging the original map disenfranchised Latino voters. The new maps give three of the four congressional seats to Democratic-leaning […]