Election Season Breeds Latino Voter Cynicism

Forgive me for being cynical, but we’re getting to the point in the political season when candidates become suddenly aware of the Latino community and spend money and time paying […]

The appointment of Katherine Archuleta as political director of president Obama’s re-election campaign is significant, but not for the obvious reasons. Yeah, it’s a big deal that Obama gave a […]

By Lourdes Medrano Tucson, Arizona — In 2010, Arizona produced the nation’s toughest immigration law. This year, lawmakers pushed – but failed – to overturn birthright citizenship for children of illegal […]

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 […]

Three things come to mind when I hear the word Tequila: special celebrations, ridiculous tourists in Nuevo Laredo, and Pee Wee Herman dancing to the 1958 hit by The Champs. […]

So Mitt Romney is running as a Republican for president in 2012. Here at News Taco we thought it’d be a good idea to look briefly at his history of […]

In the past two months legislators in 13 states across the country have approved Voter ID laws. According to a report in the New York Times the latest states to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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