Census citizenship question began as GOP plan to hurt Democrats, documents show

Census citizenship question began as GOP plan to hurt Democrats, documents show

Victor Landa June 3, 2019

Newly revealed documents appeared to confirm Thursday what many critics had long suspected — that the Trump administration’s drive to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census began as […]

Bashing Trump not enough for Democrats to win Latino vote, advocates warn

NewsTaco May 31, 2016

*This article warns against Democratic Party complacency with Latino voters, as if it were a new thing. The problem is that Latinos have historically been an afterthought and the anti-Trump […]

How Democrats Could Lose The Latino Vote

NewsTaco August 20, 2014

*Somehow, Latino politics and political party gains and losses are almost always tied to immigration … VL By Alice Ollstein, Think Progress FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — As lawmakers across the […]

Julián Castro: The Now Generation of Latino Leadership

NewsTaco June 5, 2014

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It appears that Latinos have arrived, again, on the national scene.  We’ve been declared the Sleeping Giant every decade since the 1980s and nothing seems […]

Mass deportations are alienating young Latino voters from the Democratic Party

NewsTaco May 20, 2014

*This is not good, because the alienation doesn’t move young Latinos toward the Republican party, it alienates them from the political process altogether. While that might fit into some political […]

Gallup: Racial Polarization Marks Party Preferences

Mary Mata March 24, 2014

By Adam O’Neal, Real Clear Politics Political party preference has become more polarized by race and ethnicity in the Obama age, according to data from Gallup. The Republican Party is composed of […]

Texas Dems Prepping Julian Castro for 2016 Presidential Ticket

Mary Mata January 2, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Texas Democratic power brokers are quietly promoting rising star Julian Castro as a consensus building leader with bipartisan support as they position the charismatic San Antonio […]

Julian Castro – The Buzz, The Opportunity, The Responsibility

NewsTaco September 3, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A day before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off and there’s a buzz in certain circles about Julian Castro, this year’s young keynoter.  I popped-in on the […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When Eva Longoria was unveiled as one of co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the reaction among the national press corps was the usual rolling of the […]