Latinos will be crucial to keeping Clinton’s national lead over Sanders, experts say
Latinos will be crucial to keeping Clinton’s national lead over Sanders, experts say
* So the question is, can Bernie attract enough Latino voters to take the edge off of Hillary’s “inevitability?” VL By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino With Sen. Bernie Sanders […]
A dozen states are looking to ban ‘sanctuary cities’
*This surge in banning sanctuary cities began after the murder of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco. The U.S. Congress tried but failed to pass a ban. So now state legislatures are […]
2016 electorate will be the most diverse in U.S. history
*Lot’s of numbers in this peiece, but numbers tell stories. “There are 10.7 million more eligible voters today than there were in 2012. More than two-thirds of net growth in […]
The Winner of Last Night’s Iowa Caucus was Julián Castro
*Really? You think so? I understand the premise, but doesn’t imagining a Castro VP slot reduce him to a piece on a political chess board? The narrative becomes an “if-then” […]
Ted Cruz, reluctant Latino trailblazer
*The fact that Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have gone farther than any other Latino presidential candidate gives them the title of trailblazer. It’s the “Latino” identity part that complicates […]
Podcast Episode 1: Latinos and the Iowa Caucuses, part one
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latinos are 5 percent of the population in Iowa, that’s a given. Iowa Latinos have never gotten attention from presidential candidates or the media because of their […]
Millennial and first-time Latino voters look to make big impact in 2016 elections
*Latino millennials are getting a big share of the media attention. It’s a story of potential because the first votes have yet to be cast this primary season. Many organizations […]
Seante probe faults government for migrant child abuse
*An Associated Press report published this week found that “more than two dozen unaccompanied children were sent to homes across the country where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced […]
Opinion: What’s the Matter with Iowa? Mucho!
*I’ve been asking the same question. Iowa is overwhelmingly white, where mostly evangelicals vote, it’s rural and it’s first to have primary in presidential election years. The point is that […]
2016 is forcing immigration activists to tear up their old playbook
*I get the premise of this story – that DREAMers have been scooped-up by the presidential campaigns because . . . Trump. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The […]
