Photos: Rally to Restore Sanity in DC

Photos: Rally to Restore Sanity in DC

Mary Mata October 31, 2010

Editor’s note:  Another NewsTaco contributor, Meena Thiruvengadam, sent us these photos from the Rally to Restore Sanity yesterday in Washington, D.C.  Enjoy them, feel free to share this slideshow with […]

The Trouble With a Latino Republican Balancing Act

Mary Mata October 29, 2010

Being a Latino Republican in this electoral cycle filled with anti-immigrant, often interpreted as anti-Latino, sentiment is tough.  Gerry Shih of The Bay Citizen writes about Californian Lieutenant Governor candidate Abel […]

Latinos Abandon Whitman, Affect Polling

Mary Mata October 28, 2010

Bloomberg is reporting that Latino voter erosion is affecting Republican Meg Whitman’s run for governor in California. She’s spent millions and millions of her own dollars on her campaign, but […]

Pew: Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos

Mary Mata

The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today finding that Latinos in the U.S. have renewed concerns over discrimination.  Read the report here. Here are some highlights: About four-in-five of the […]

Ask a Mexican Gives Voting Advice

Mary Mata

Just thought I’d share a little tid bit of voting advice from Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano who shared on Facebook, enjoy:

LULAC Responds to ‘Don’t Vote’ Campaign

Mary Mata October 27, 2010

I wrote previously about how hard it is to vote anyway. Then, when people like Robert De Esposada — a highly paid Republican operative and a former highly placed party […]

Latino Voters More Enthused Than Last Month

Mary Mata

The Politico wrote an interesting piece this week about the enthusiasm level of Latino voters this month.  To quote: “Latino voters are showing far more enthusiasm about the midterm elections […]

Pew: U.S. Latino Voters Concentrated in Southwest

Mary Mata October 21, 2010

The Pew Hispanic Center used 2008 data to compile an interesting data set and map of where eligible Latino voters in the U.S. are located.  They also created an interactive […]

Why is Voting So Damn Hard?

Mary Mata October 11, 2010

When I was in junior high in Robstown’s only middle school &emdash; as they called them in a town that had five elementary schools but didn’t want too many Mexicans […]