Latino Democrats Rally The Faithful For final Push

Victor Landa, NewsTaco If politics is anything like religion, then caucus meetings at national party conventions are old fashioned revivals and instead of  dusty tents they have them in convention […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A day before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off and there’s a buzz in certain circles about Julian Castro, this year’s young keynoter.  I popped-in on the […]

By Suevon Lee, Pro Publica A single provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been playing a key role on the election front this year. Section 5 has blockedphoto voter-ID laws, prohibited reduced […]

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Here’s another commentary about what Republicans need to do to earn any kind of decent percentage of the Latino vote in November. (I’ve read several of […]

By Latino Rebels Last night @MexicanMitt, Twitter’s #1 political parody account (according to Politico) was suspended by Twitter a few hours before the real Mitt Romney was to give his acceptance […]

By Elaine de Valle, Voxxi It’s a wrap. The Republican National Convention closed Thursday on a mixed bag of tricks that started with a hurricane and ended with a whimper. If you […]

By Aaron Wysocki, The Young Turks Video captured by The Young Turks shows protesters (possibly from Code Pink) thrown out of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. At least […]

Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]

By Kathleen Ryan, Public News Service DENVER – It’s been 130 years since Labor Day was first celebrated – and 118 years since it became a federal holiday. While the workforce […]

By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco Now, it looks like I will have lived through two Chicago teachers’ strikes: one as a student, one as a teacher. After months of contemplation, after […]