Surge in Hispanic population in Texas yet to translate into mayoral power

*The headline from The Houston Chronicle that says all you need to know about Tuesday’s mayoral election in that city and the defeat of Latino candidate Adrian Garcia. Garcia came in […]

*You can call it the VRA 2.0. When the Supreme Court gutted section 5 of the Voting Rights Act I saw a bright side – that the gutting provided the […]

*OK, ouch. Adrian Garcia resigned as Sheriff of Harris County to run for Mayor of Houston – he came in third. The first and second place finishers, Sylvester Turner and Bill King, […]

*So I read the GOP “autopsy” to gauge where their heads were back in 2012. Here’s what it said: “It is imperative that the RNC changes how it engages with Hispanic […]

*I’ve been watching what the United We Dream kids are doing. And I don’t call them kids in a pejorative way – on the contrary, their youth is one of […]

*Conservatve Latinos: “It’s a shot across the bow to candidates who embrace Trump and who embrace those proposals that you should be worried, because we’re going to call you out.” VL […]

*Although this piece makes the usual, tired link between Latinos and immigration, it also makes a good point about how Latinos are changing politics and consumer markets. Specifically, Latinos and […]

*Studied polls show Rubio is, in fact, the best opportunity that the GOP has to bridge their gap with Latino voters. But it’s a very slim opportunity, at best. VL […]

*Undocumented day laborers are arrested, their information forwarded to immigration authorities, and deported for things for which most of us would not be detained – loitering (at day labor gathering […]

*This is huge … and well overdue. Let’s hope this group of Latino conservatives are as strong and forceful in their condemnation of their party’s presidential frontrunner as he as […]