News Taco To Go: Obama, Budget, Airplanes, Teachers And Alzheimer’s

President Barack Obama launched his 2012 re-election campaign today. A government shut down is set to happen unless Congress can come up with a budget by Friday. Southwest Airlines has several […]

By Dr. Matt Barreto With the recent release of the national Census data, pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from […]

My colleague Victor Landa wrote a great piece on Latinos and the ways in which President Obama is trying to outreach to them yesterday. Here’s an excerpt: The president chose to talk […]

Activist and attorney José Ángel Gutiérrez gave News Taco an interview about what’s at stake in Texas’ redistricting fight — which revolves around the huge growth of Latinos in that […]

I recently had the occasion to interview Domingo García, former Dallas mayor pro tem, former Dallas state rep, attorney, and rumored future U.S. Congressional candidate. García outlined a simple and easy-to-follow plan […]

By Abby Rapoport No one expected a lot of surprises in House’s voter ID debate yesterday. For years, state Republicans have wanted to require photo identification before voters cast a […]

By Abby Rapoport The Republicans in Texas have been trying for years to pass voter ID legislation—and today they very likely will be almost done. The measure, which requires voters […]

So now that we’re 42 states into the 50-state Census roll-out reveal it’s a good time to pause to see where we are and what to expect. Back in the […]

[Editor’s note: This was written by Dr. Henry Flores, professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary’s University, in San Antonio, Texas. He is a […]

So this really isn’t about immigrants, undocumented or not. The folks in power in Arizona don’t want anything in their state that doesn’t look or sound like they do. This recent vote […]