Latinos, Be Careful What You Wish For

Latinos, Be Careful What You Wish For

Mary Mata November 21, 2012

By Arnold Torres, New America Media/Hispanic Link News Service There is growing doubt today whether our political system is able to deal with the realities that confront us and significantly […]

Will the Supreme Court Dismantle the Voting Rights Act?

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By Raul A. Reyes, Other Words Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after a diverse coalition of voters re-elected President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court announced that it’s […]

Latino Voting Power Can Create Better Education Reform

Mary Mata

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Finally, Republicans and Democrats know that they need more than mariachis playing behind them to win the Latino vote.  By now, almost everyone heard about the […]

Mass. To Grant In-State Tuition To DREAMers

NewsTaco November 20, 2012

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices Undocumented immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation will get tuition breaks at public colleges and universities inMassachusetts. An unnamed official told The Boston […]

Obama: What are the Next Steps in Education Reform?

Mary Mata November 19, 2012

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi President Barack Obama put an emphasis on education reform during his first term as president, and as he prepares to start off his second term, many […]

Illinois Wants to Give Licenses to the Undocumented

Mary Mata

By Hector Luis Alamo Jr., Being Latino Once again, my home state of Illinois is at the epicenter of the immigrant rights movement. From Fox News Latino: “Activists, administrators of Chicago […]

Fiscal Cliff: Are We Really Going to Do Surgery With An Ax?

Mary Mata November 16, 2012

By Lily Eskelsen, NEA We’re all in trouble when I start a sentence with, “… and reasonable people in Congress will find a way get this done…” and the room explodes […]

Rep. Xavier Becerra Seeking Chair of House Democratic Caucus

Mary Mata

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Rep. Xavier Becerra, the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House, has announced that his wants to be chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. The California Democrat has sent a […]

Pre-Election Polls Got it Wrong in Florida

Mary Mata November 15, 2012

By Casey A. Kolfstad, Latino Decisions Gary Segura recently provided a discussion of how exit polls often misrepresent Latino voters (Badly!), pointing out that exit polls often rely on small samples […]

U.S. Bishops Call for Immigration Reform in 2013

Mary Mata

By Hispanically Speaking, Agenzia Fides Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, who chairs the Committee on Migration of the Catholic Bishops Conference […]