Media Should Keep In Mind Importance Of Gun Violence Prevention For Latino Voters
Media Should Keep In Mind Importance Of Gun Violence Prevention For Latino Voters
*There’s a not-so-obvious upside to the President’s action on gun control, he’s using the bully pulpit to steer attention away from the NRA’s domination of the narrative and the headlines. […]
U.S. authorities begin raids, taking 121 illegal immigrants into custody over the weekend
*This was big news over the weekend when the 121 were rounded-up, now it’s become a back page story. What’s missing in the number is how many of the deported […]
Latino Voters 2016: Minority or Majority?
*This is the big question about Latinos going into 2016. And it’ll continue to be the main question despite polls, speculation, predictions and opinions between now and November. That’ll be […]
Whatever Happened to Latino Political Power?
*Suro asks important questions that Latinos should be asking themselves. Are we a one party-one issue constituency? Is all the talk of Latino political power no more than demographic hubris? […]
Ted Cruz exploits the power of cultural resentment
*It’s interesting how media thought framers coin new terms to fit new political realities. It used to be that angry white voters were a fringe, now they’re a resentful group. […]
Letter: Native American ancestors laughing at immigration debate
*A letter to the editor, published in the Topeka Capital-Journal. I’ve seen plenty of memes on social media, and many commentaries expressing this historic reality, but to read it from […]
Grijalva Wants to Diversify Environmental Movement
*There’s a growing movement of Chicano/Latino environmentalists, I’m sure Grijalva has it in mind when he talks about diversity. But my feeling is he wants to go deeper, to make […]
The Interview: Rosie Castro
*What I like about this interview is that it reminds us that Latino politics didn’t pop-up recently on Twitter. The place Latinos have achieved is a work in progress that […]
Two Texan Latinas Cross Political Aisles, Create Consulting Firm
*This puts a whole new twist on the “abuela” stir from last week. The bond they share, they say, is abuela power. VL By Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, NBC News SAN […]
Hillary Clinton, leave our grandmothers out of it
*Twitter lit up yesterday after the Hillary Clinton campaign published a picture on their website of the candidate holding a swaddled baby with Bill looking over her. The caption read […]
