Texas Latinos Reshuffle In Congressional Race
Texas Latinos Reshuffle In Congressional Race
The announcement today from San Antonio Congressman Charlie Gonzalez that he will retire when his term expires has reconfigured the cast of candidates looking to get to Congress in 2012. Now, […]
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes And My First Campaign Event
By Rebecca Soto El Paso, Texas — Congressman Silvestre Reyes, of the 16th District in Texas, launched his campaign in El Paso over the weekend, on November 11 with a […]
Latinos Lose, Democrats Win In Nevada Redistricting
An interesting story about redistricting out of Nevada. In order to cement more Democratic districts, Democrats there argued against creating Latino majority districts, instead advocating that splitting up Latinos into […]
Latino Students Need Libraries, Congress Pass The SKILLS Act
When I taught high school in the Bronx, the library was the place you went when you didn’t want to eat lunch, and you didn’t want to answer questions about […]
Bien Hecho: Former Latino Astronaut Running for Congress
Engineer and ex-astronaut Jose Moreno Hernandez, son of Mexican immigrants and a man whose life story embodies the American dream, recently announced that he will be running for a seat […]
Texas GOP Used Redistricting To Destroy Latino Voting Power
Before I launch into a discussion of the recently completed redistricting trial in San Antonio let me give you a bit of information concerning the sections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) […]
Democrats Need A Doctor — Calling Dr. Howard Dean
By Albert Morales, President of Albert Morales Strategies, LLC It was a cold February morning in 2005 when Governor Howard Dean won the Democratic Party Chairmanship. He handily defeated candidates […]
Texas Redistricting Trial Shows Anti-Latino GOP Policies
The fundamental reason we have a Census every 10 years is to determine how many seats each state will have in the United States House of Representatives. After the Census […]
No Days Off: Congress Must Create Jobs Now
By Eliseo Medina, International Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union While workers across the country celebrate having time off this Labor Day, unemployed men and women are desperately seeking ways to […]
The Rhetoric Of The 2012 Election Will Be About Race
Which Democratic leader does the 35th congressional district “belong” to? The longtime congressman Lloyd Doggett or the state representative-turned-congressional-candidate Joaquín Castro? Considering that both are essentially new residents to this emergent […]
