8 things you didn’t know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8 things you didn’t know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
*She shops at Costco and once rescheduled a meeting with the Vice President. VL By Nora Daly, PBS Newshour Of all the Supreme Court Justices, Sonia Sotomayor is arguably the […]
Reality Check: Latino Voters are Just Not That Into You
By Gabriela Lemus, NewsTaco With the mid-term elections looming so closely, much ado is being made about Hispanic voters staying home. Latino voters – who primarily vote during presidential elections […]
Texas Voter ID Law Back in Play for Midterm Election
*The appeals court says the repeal will cause confusion, that there’s not enough time to inform voters about the change before the start of early voting. But isn’t is as […]
OK Politicos, Let’s Have “That Talk”
Victor Landa, NewsTaco I think now would be a good time to talk about Latino politics, being so close to the mid-term elections and all. I won’t presume to direct […]
What’s In A Name? It Could Matter If You’re Writing To Your Lawmaker
*More and more studies and surveys are confirming what we knew all along. There are attitudes and prejudices in government, business and education that see Latinos as “other.” And those […]
Texas Voter ID – A Game Changing Reversal
*NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice estimates that the repeal of Voter ID laws in Texas and Wisconsin could help almost one million voters. Henry Flores tell us why the repeals […]
Texas, Wisconsin Voter-ID Laws Blocked by Court Actions
*This is very big news. A game-changer for the November mid-terms? VL By Laurel Calkins, Edvard Pettersson and Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Wisconsin and Texas, with some of the strictest […]
“More Hispanic Than Thou”?
*This isn’t a new issue in the Latino community, but it’s an odd perspective. Politico brings it up riding the wake of a boat that passed several weeks ago. And […]
How Justice Sotomayor Is ‘Busting’ The Supreme Court’s Steady Rhythms
*Love, love Sonia Sotomayor. Along with being a role model and exceptional jurist, she’s way cool. There’s a great story here about how she got the other Supreme Court Justices […]
The effect of Spanish on Republicans
*Fascinating, this verifies what many of us knew to be true: “For Democrats, it made no significant difference which version of the clip they viewed; but Republicans exposed to Spanish […]
