Senate panel OKs Mayor Julián Castro for Housing secretary

By Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON — San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro cleared his first hurdle in a bid to join the Obama Cabinet, as the Senate Banking Committee voted […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco With an estimated 90,000 Central American children expected to reach the U.S. border by the end of the year, you’d think that the American media would […]

*Lot’s of truth here. I’m not a fan of “listicles,” but this one’s a good start to a deeper conversation. VL By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices The conventional […]

*All I can say is … good. VL By Aalia Shaheed, Fox News Latino The grandson of labor icon Cesar Chavez trumpeted a judge’s ruling that invalidated the ballot of an […]

*The best piece of information that I’ve read, so far, about the humanitarian crisis on the U.S. border. The wave of unaccompanied child immigrants is expected to reach 90,ooo by […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco This question is currently being debated, given the findings of a recent Latino Decisions’ poll indicating that the GOP would be viewed more favorably by […]

*There are few places where Latino voters have a critical enough mass to influence the coming mid-terms, and in those few places the pro-immigration reform Democratic Party has dropped the […]

*While in Guatemala the Vice President is scheduled to speak publicly to discourage parents from sending their children to the U.S. His mission there is to “discuss both the violence […]

*A Latino Democrat introduced by a Republican Senator bodes well for confirmation. Look for more related stories at the bottom of this post. VL By Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Morning News […]

*This may be what some people refer to as Latino “whiteness.” But it’s simple political diversity. The problem is that many folks, white liberal media included, can’t get passed their […]