Republicans, The DREAM Act And Surging Latino Voters

Illinois U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez wrote a piece in The Huffington Post today in which he recounts many reasons why the DREAM Act is important. Perhaps one of the most […]

Truth be told, Texas state Rep. Aaron Peña’s outing himself as a Republican is not the scandal we may think it is. It’s the natural succession of political tendencies that […]

Today the Senate delayed a vote on the DREAM Act, making it seems ever more likely this thing won’t pass. Sigh. Here’s what the AP reported: “The Senate moved Thursday […]

Texas State Representative Aaron Peña just switched parties this week, from Democrat to Republican, conveniently a month after his mostly-Democratic constituency re-elected him after eight years of service to them. […]

By Stace Medellín Recently I attended the Harris County (Houston) Democratic Party Brown Bag discussion, including State Reps. Armando Walle, Scott Hochberg, and Carol Alvarado. They shared an outlook of […]

President Barack Obama is set to revamp his staff next year and — in a surprise NewsTaco has been anticipating — no Latinos are slated to be on board, at […]

Remember Hazleton, PA? Not as in “last time you were there,” but as in the headlines the town generated back in 2006. That was when Hazelton’s city council considered restrictive […]

[Latinalista.net‘s Marisa Treviño published a great piece about a growing wave among Latino Republicans against their fellow GOP’ers who have acted against passage of the DREAM Act. It’s good, it’s […]

I don’t know if there’s a rock big enough for Tom Tacnredo to hide under, but he needs to find it fast, if only to take a breath. The folks […]

[Editor’s Note: Armando Cepeda is an artist and educator in Riverside, California who shared his DREAM Act cartoon with us. To see more of his work visit www.arteganas.com]