Afternoon Buzz

Tuesday May 8, 2012 Obama close to maxing out Hispanic support (Politico): The latest Investor’s Business Daily/Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll has Obama leading Romney among Hispanic voters by a 68 point margin, beating […]

By Chris Tilley, Other Voices The New York Times recently dropped a bombshell about Walmart, the world’s largest retailer and biggest private U.S. employer. The Times revealed that in 2005, […]

By Arturo C. Porzecanski On the eve of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Dallas, May 8-18, more than 15 Texas congressional leaders, including Rep. Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) and […]

By Christopher Rubio, Being Latino On Saturday (May 5) night, Miguel Cotto lost his WBA Junior Middleweight title (via a unanimous decision) to Floyd Mayweather Jr., the man many consider […]

By Martha Avila, La Onda Verde I would dare say that each of us, at some time, has been the target of massive advertising that creates our “need” to consume […]

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Thanks to ace UCSD Visual Studies profe Ricardo Dominguez for tipping me to this video via facebook. Here’s the video direct: This post […]

By Latinovations Mitt Romney’s lack of campaign advertisements in Spanish has some in the Latino community wondering if his claims that he “believes” in the Latino population are true. At […]

By Pete Litterski, Voxxi Gilberto Hinojosa, the odds-on favorite to be elected the next chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, knows he faces a formidable challenge once he takes the […]

Tuesday May 8, 2012 The Problem With Romney’s Diverse Vice Presidential Short List (National Journal): From statehouses to Congress to the 2008 primary smackdown between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Democrats […]

Monday May 7, 2012 The Top 10 Things You Should Know About North Carolina’s Demographic Changes and Immigration Politics (Center For American Progress):  In advance of North Carolina’s primary tomorrow, […]