Using Early Voting To Stop Latino Voters

Using Early Voting To Stop Latino Voters

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

An editorial in The New York Times this week asks an important question: Why do Republicans want to make voting harder? Specifically, harder for minority voters. The editorial basically points […]

Redistricting Roundup: CO, IL, WI, NV, FL & TX

Mary Mata June 6, 2011

Thought it would be another good time to look at redistricting around the country and how that’s affecting Latinos. We’ve written about some recent cases: Nebraska California Texas and Texas […]

Latinos In Congress Are In Texas, More May Be On The Way

Mary Mata June 2, 2011

The Texas congressional redistricting map is out and, as is always the case with these things, there are winners and losers. One big winner may be San Antonio — one […]

In Texas, Behold The White-Power Legislature

Mary Mata May 31, 2011

By Bob Moser BACK IN FEBRUARY, AT A RALLY PROTESTING ANTI-IMMIGRANT legislation, state Rep. Lon Burnam raised some eyebrows by letting loose with the “R” word. “You are here,” he […]

What’s Worse Than Lazy Racism?

Mary Mata May 27, 2011

You know what I think is worse than racism? Lazy racism. That’s the kind of racism that you just kind of adhere to because — because. I mean, I don’t […]

Texas Legislature Approves Voter ID

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It’s not like we didn’t see this one coming. What with the Texas GOP reading population tea leaves, fighting for dear life in the redistricting process and seeing their waning popularity in […]

News Taco To Go: Arizona, Drugs, Redistricting & Georgia

Mary Mata

Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Immigration Law Drug And Human Smuggling Under Sheriff Arpaio’s Nose Georgia’s Latino Bashing Misses The Mark GOP Inaction On Redistricting May Cost Texas Big Bucks

GOP Inaction On Redistricting May Cost Texas Big Bucks

Mary Mata May 26, 2011

The way it breaks down is this: Republican-dominated state houses in Texas have not taken up congressional redistricting, now it may be too late, and if a special session needs […]

Illinois Redistricting Hurts Latino Voters

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

A new map of legislative boundaries in Illinois drawn up by legislators violates the rights of Latino voters, according to a Latino legal rights group. The Mexican American Legal Defense […]

Pawlenty’s Latino Voter Pitch: Immigrants Are Terrorists

Mary Mata May 24, 2011

By now you may have seen the 2002 gubernatorial ad in which then-candidate Tim Pawlenty suggests that immigrants are all really secret terrorists. You may have also noticed that, as […]