Latino voters likely to be decisive factor in handful of key races
Latino voters likely to be decisive factor in handful of key races
*Depending on who’s talking, Latinos will be either inconsequential, absent, important or decisive in the coming midterm election. I agree. But when you dig to specific races in specific places, […]
By Ted Cruz’s logic, Obama fixed the child migrant crisis by promising amnesty
* What’s that old adage? What you say may come back to bite you … VL By Dara Lind, Vox When the child-migrant crisis was in the headlines over the summer, […]
The Politics of Latino Representation in New Mexico
*This says more about U.S. Latino politics than any study, survey, poll or debate could ever say. A white non-Latino politician (to use the official term) speaks out of turn, […]
Green Latinos: Will environmental worries dispel idea of one-issue voters?
*Why is it that when politicos and environmentalists “discover” that Latinos aren’t a one-issue monolith, it’s a “new” thing? We’ve been saying this for decades. And now, suddenly, it’s a […]
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda Issues Congressional Scorecard
PRESS RELEASE Members of the 113th Congress to be Scored on Immigration, Economic Issues, and Votes to Confirm Latino Nominees Washington, D.C. – Today the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), […]
Lack of Voting Resources Leads to Long Lines, Delays Longer in Minority Precincts
PRESS RELEASE Brennan Center for Justice Studied States Fail to Comply With Resource Allocation Requirements New York, NY – Lack of poll workers and low numbers of voting machines are key […]
Coalition Of 50 Hispanic Groups Aims To ‘Deliver Record Latino Turnout’ For Midterms
*Maria Teresa Kumnar: “We are calling [on] American Latinos to rise above our political differences and to unite as a community this November.” What do you think? Possible? VL By […]
Voto Latino Gathers Latino Millennials for Change in San Antonio
By Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, NewsTaco Something quite bold was attempted in San Antonio, TX this past weekend; young Latino students were asked to venture out of their day to day […]
Feds Planning Massive Family Detention Center in South Texas
*In parts of the country where non-Latinos are the majority, the not-in-my-backyard anti-immigrant detention center sentiment is strong. But in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where Latinos are a […]
Obama Broke His Promise to Latinos
By Carmen Velasquez, NewsTaco When Barack Obama and I last sat down in 2006, I refused to shake his hand. Today, I still won’t. His announcement last weekend that he […]
