Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not

Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

Do you remember the disappointment you felt when the DREAM Act didn’t pass? I do, it was a heavy kind of disappointment, the kind you know will last for a […]

News Taco To Go: Suicide, Tech, Pawlenty, Chávez & Cops

Mary Mata

Cops Shoot Latino Marine 71 Times, Deny Him Care In Arizona Judge Blocks César Chávez Street Renaming In Texas Attempted Suicides High Among Young Latinas Pawlenty’s Latino Voter Pitch: Immigrants […]

Pawlenty Set To Take Anti-Latino Policies Nationwide

Mary Mata May 23, 2011

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced he would be seeking the Republican nomination for president today, but what he has neglected to say now that he — like any other presidential […]

Texas Redistricting “Horrible” For Latino Voters

Mary Mata May 18, 2011

Latino voters lose under the current redistricting plan passed by the Texas House, according to attorney Rolando Rios, who has more than 30 years worth of experience in redistricting battles […]

News Taco To Go: “Hispanic Hunting,” Brisenia, 2012 & Brownface

Mary Mata

Georgia Cops Go “Hispanic Hunting” With New Law Third Suspect In Brisenia Flores Murder To Be Tried How The Latino Vote Matters In 2012 The Top 5 Actors Who Play […]

How The Latino Vote Matters In 2012

Mary Mata May 17, 2011

Getting at just exactly how, and by how much, the Latino vote will affect elections across the country in 2012 is a little confusing. Luckily, we have the super duper […]

Redistricting, Latinos To Forever Change California

Mary Mata May 13, 2011

Redistricting is a super important issue that’s going to largely determine the future of our country in the next decade and beyond. We wrote earlier this week about how Latino […]

Texas Group: States Should Assume there Are More US Latinos Than Census Counted

NewsTaco May 10, 2011

Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]

Latino Voting Power In Nebraska Diminished

Mary Mata May 9, 2011

Last week in our national Latino redistricting roundup, we reported that in Nebraska Latino voter power was set to be diminished under a recently adopted redistricting plan. This week the […]

The Race For The Hispanic Vote

Mary Mata

by Melissa del Bosque For at least a decade, Texas Democrats have waited for the state’s emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power. Hispanics are now 38 percent […]