Voter ID As A Way To The White House For The GOP
Voter ID As A Way To The White House For The GOP
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Let’s face it, the Republican Party has become the party of ideological extremists where moderate folks can find no compatibility. As a matter of fact […]
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Tuesday July 24, 2012 Voting Rights Act petitions reach Supreme Court (Reuters): Two legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law adopted in 1965 that barred racial discrimination […]
It’s Hard To Be Latina In Texas
By Cindy Casares When I was growing up, I’d imagine life in the 21st century and wonder what kind of amazing advances we’d be living with by then. If Hollywood […]
What’d Happen Without Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act?
I started thinking recently about what our country would look like in the future if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) were to be declared unconstitutional. This is […]
The Latino Voting Rights Saga: It’s Complicated
A three-judge federal panel in Washington will be hearing two weeks’ worth of testimony, starting this week, on Texas’ congressional redistricting maps. Again? If you’re thinking, “Didn’t they already do this?” […]
Latinos Lose In Arizona’s AG Suit Against Voting Rights Act
On August 6, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into legislation.The V.R.A. closely followed the wording of the 15th Amendment; it applied a nationwide prohibition against denying or […]
Arizona AG Sues Federal Govt To Overturn Voting Rights Act
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, also known as the guy who tried to ban Mexican-American studies courses in public schools, is suing the federal government claiming that parts of the […]
What Part Of “It’s The Law” Do They Not Understand?
A Colorado Congressman says he’ll introduce a bill to repeal the language requirement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). News Taco reported on the fact, and according to the Denver Post U.S. Rep. […]
Texas Redistricting Battle Will Have National Consequences
There’s a battle of historic proportions brewing around the issue of voting rights and the constitutional idea of one person, one vote. And I don’t exaggerate when I say that it’s of historic proportions. […]
Latinos, Redistircting And the Voting Rights Act
We’ve all been pretty much looking west when it comes to national Latino politics. And it’s well intended, because Arizona has been taking up most of the attention with its notorious SB1070. […]
