A Visual Guide: Where Texas Redistricting Goes From Here

A Visual Guide: Where Texas Redistricting Goes From Here

Mary Mata February 2, 2012

By now most of you are frustrated by the goings on in the Texas Redistricting Telenovela and I don’t blame you. Although it’s frustrating to me to keep retelling the […]

Texas Redistricting: The Telenovela

Mary Mata January 5, 2012

A lot of people have commented lately that all of this redistricting business, especially in Texas, is terribly confusing and consequently, no one cares. For political nerds like me, that’s […]

News Taco To Go: GOP, Luisa Moreno, Arizona Y Tall Mexicans

Mary Mata August 12, 2011

Latino GOP Conference: A Love-Sick Second Date Latino Civil Rights Figures: Luisa Moreno Arizona, Jan Brewer Take SB 1070 To Supreme Court You’re Tall–For A Mexican

News Taco To Go: Pretty Güeys, Mi’jo, Sotomayor, Debt, Unity

Mary Mata August 10, 2011

Latino Men Are The Prettiest Of Them All! A List Of Top Latino Endearments Bien Hecho: Two Years Of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Debt Deadlock: It’s About Race, Stupid […]

The First Latina & Latino Lawyers To Argue Before Supreme Court

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Professor Michael A. Olivas wrote this essay and it’s reposted here with permission.] For some time, I have believed and written that the first Latinos to argue a […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor A Humanitarian, Liberal Voice On Court

Mary Mata December 28, 2010

There’s a great, analytical piece looking at Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the work she’s done on the court so far. The piece tries to tease out her opinions, […]