Gun-Toten’ Texans!

Gun-Toten’ Texans!

NewsTaco February 18, 2015

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco The Koch Brothers stated recently that their vision of life in the United States could be found in Texas.  I don’t mean to pick on […]

MALDEF lawyer ready if Texas House seat opens

NewsTaco January 28, 2015

*Exciting news coming out of Texas. VL By Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express News Marisa Bono is a likely candidate in an election that might not take place. Bono, a […]

Abbott and the Latino vote

NewsTaco December 8, 2014

*Here we go again. Recently released data shows that Texas Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott apparently received 44 percent of the Latino vote. The number is being celebrated in GOP circles. […]

For Texas Latinos, Voting Rights is Voter Education

NewsTaco October 28, 2014

By Rebecca Aguilar, NewsTaco Guadalupe Ruiz walked into a voting precinct in the south Dallas Oak Cliff section to cast her ballot on the first day of early voting in […]

Texas Voter ID Law Back in Play for Midterm Election

NewsTaco October 16, 2014

*The appeals court says the repeal will cause confusion, that there’s not enough time to inform voters about the change before the start of early voting. But isn’t is as […]

Texas, Wisconsin Voter-ID Laws Blocked by Court Actions

NewsTaco October 10, 2014

*This is very big news. A game-changer for the November mid-terms? VL By Laurel Calkins, Edvard Pettersson and Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Wisconsin and Texas, with some of the strictest […]

Will Latinos Turn Texas Blue?”

NewsTaco October 7, 2014

*A response to an article published in Politico that claims that Texas won’t be turning politically blue, even though Latinos will soon be the majority in that state. Dr. Henry Flores […]

Hispanics Won’t Turn Texas Blue

NewsTaco October 6, 2014

*Interesting GOP perspective on Texas Latinos and Latino politics. Thorburn’s numbers make sense, what doesn’t is his shortsightedness. Latinos in Texas will continue to grow in numbers, education, wealth and […]

Judge Outlines How Public Schools in Texas Are to be Funded

NewsTaco October 2, 2014

*An important read for all you Taquistas in Texas. For all of you outside of Texas, this is important because it paints a picture of education for Latinos in Texas […]

Dante’s Inferno and Governor Good Hair

Mary Mata August 25, 2014

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco The recent behavior by Governor Good Hair (Rick Perry) of Texas led me to reflect on Dante’s famous work The Inferno.  I know that some […]