Texas Republicans Try To Limit Latino Voter Districts

Even though we knew it was coming, now that it’s here, it still stings. Republicans in Texas have taken their first stab at redistricting and — not so surprisingly — […]

Meg Whitman speaks from experience, coming from an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in a large Latino influenced state. She spoke to a crowd in Dallas, Texas, at a George W. Bush Institute conference […]

As we reported last week, redistricting in places where Latinos pushed most of the growth (like Texas), are getting their redistricting fights on. Now The Atlantic reports that this already […]

The eleventh hour negotiated national budget may have staved a government shutdown, but the bickering, er, negotiating, is far from over. All that the announcement of Friday last did was […]

A group of Latino advocacy organizations in Texas have taken matters into their own hands when it comes to redistricting in the state. Calling themselves the Texas Latino Redistricting Task […]

Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck is the politician who suggested a good way to deal with immigrants would be to shoot them from helicopters like hogs. We reported the story when […]

We’ve been saying at News Taco how Texas has become the face of the new America, where Latinos have grown in numbers and influence, where most of the kids in […]

New York Rep. Peter King – R was sent a bloody pig’s foot with a note containing anti-Semitic sayings yesterday. He’s the same guy who went on a witch hunt for […]

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]

President Barack Obama, seemingly surprised by Census results, has begun to court Latino voters around the issue of education. Last week 6,000 less people applied for unemployment, perhaps hinting at […]