Voting Rights Act Challenge: The Latino Stake

Some people think of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act as the ultimate weapon against discrimination and disenfranchisement at the voting booth, and it’s under attack in Federal Court. […]

Ask most people who aren’t from Texas what they think about the state and the people from it, and you’ll get a pretty stereotypical response: Boots and trucks, boasts and […]

Wondering why Latinos don’t vote as much as we’d like? We could lose time and our sense of place going ’round all the excuses, reasons and definitions.  It’s been discussed, […]

Are you into electoral numbers crunching and swing state fortune telling? If you are you’re gonna love this. It’s the most recent presidential electoral vote analysis, done by beyondchron.com. Here […]

Legislators in Missouri and Texas will consider Voter ID laws today. This is important because many Latino civil rights advocates consider Voter ID an infringement on the voting rights of […]

Redistricting is set to change the face of politics across the country and for at least one organization, this means vigilance and watchfulness are a must. The following are excerpts […]

The City of Compton, snack-dab in the middle of the sprawling Los Angeles metro area, is considering changing it’s voting habits – they might be changing from at large representation […]

Ask any half-interested Texan and they’ll tell you that the most important issue concerning the state legislature this year is the budget deficit. In that sense Texas is no different […]

The folks over at Fox News, not Fox News Latino-which is the same thing only different, like another hat or the servants’ entrance-have come to the defense of a Latina. […]

Interesting piece in the Houston Chronicle about the balance of Latino numbers and power in the US congress. It’s thorough enough: there are more Latinos in congress today than there […]