The Top Props For The Stereotypical Latino
The Top Props For The Stereotypical Latino
You know, sometimes it’s hard being Latino. You wake up, go about your day, do your business, and then people ask you where your donkey is, or whether your family […]
Texas Redistricting Trial Shows Anti-Latino GOP Policies
The fundamental reason we have a Census every 10 years is to determine how many seats each state will have in the United States House of Representatives. After the Census […]
Texas Redistricting Case Is In The Hands of 3 Federal Judges
All of the arguments in the federal law suit against the State of Texas’ redistricting scheme have been made. The Plaintiffs – The Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC); LULAC; MALDEF – have […]
HB 87, Georgia’s Arizona-Style Law, Is Not About Race?
By Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) Just a few weeks ago, our state leaders appointed an all-white male panel to enforce HB87, […]
A Latina Dates A Black Man & The U.S. Approves – Hooray?
By Christina Rodriguez One of the things I’ve learned from my relationship with my African-American boyfriend is that there are people who: are truly accepting of others’ choices think it’s […]
Bien Hecho: Latino Pastor In Alabama Becomes A Citizen
An interesting story came to us this week from Alabama, where Panamanian pastor Cristobal Echevarria recently earned his U.S. citizenship. His is a long story, starting with a violent life in […]
Bachmann: Asian Exclusion Act Worked “Very Well”
Not to harp on immigration, because I know many people don’t consider it to affect them, but when mainstream presidential candidates begin to promote exclusionary policies based on race or […]
Security, Voter ID As Racializing Immigration Reform
The single most important public policy issue for Latinos of all nationalities is immigration reform. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which used to be called Immigration and Naturalization […]
Tea Party Associated With Racist Immigration Group FAIR
That an Ohio chapter of the Tea Party blatantly announces its affiliation with FAIR, or the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform (FAIR), highlights the fact that the Tea Party […]
Voter ID Laws In Wisconsin Target Latino Voters
In May Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican, signed a voter ID bill requiring voters to show ID when they went to vote. This meant that, without an ID, people could […]
