Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening
Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening
By Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Journal Half the Hispanics eligible to vote don’t. They are the ones most likely to call themselves ‘political conservatives.’ Before Washington was rocked in […]
FBI seeks source of prostitution, corruption allegations against Sen. Robert Menendez
By Carol D. Leonnig and Peter Wallsten, Washington Post A pair of FBI agents met on a recent weekday morning with brothers Alfonso “Alfy” and Jose “Pepe” Fanjul in the Palm Beach headquarters […]
Thomas Perez Finally Backed for Labor Department by Senate Committee
By Rocio Gonzalez, Voxxi Third time’s the charm. President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Labor Department, Thomas Perez, was finally approved by the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, […]
House Immigration Group Reaches Deal
By Ashley Parker, New York Times A bipartisan group in the House working on an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws reached a deal in principle Thursday evening, aides said. […]
Texas Can be Blue – But it’s Up to Latinos, Says Democratic Group
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of Texas Democrats say the state could turn blue sooner than many think, since the voters are already there, and they are mostly Latinos – […]
Judge refuses to stop Arizona from denying driver’s licenses to immigrants
Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Philip Barbar, Reuters (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge refused on Thursday to block Arizona’s Republican governor, who has long clashed […]
Latinos are Leaving Their Republican Identity Behind
By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino It’s no secret that the Republican Party has a serious problem with immigration. But in this instance I’m talking about their problem with Latinos […]
Why Can’t Latinos Get Elected to the US Senate?
By Nathan L. Gonzales, NBCLatino Latinos are growing in population and electoral clout but can’t seem to grow their numbers in the U.S. Senate. And if Republican Gabriel Gomez doesn’t win next month’s […]
The Libro traficante Oppression Detection Kit
By Tony Diaz, Latino Rebels California. Proposition 187. Pete Wilson. Arizona. HB2811. Jan Brewer. Texas. HB1938. Giovanni Capriglione. Texas. SB1128. Dan Patrick. The Librotraficante Movement is thrilled to announce that America can erase […]
Latino Activists Declare Victory Over Texas Ethnic Studies Law
By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices They fought the law, and they won. The Texas activist organization known as Librotraficante celebrated a victory last week over state lawmakers that wanted […]