Hispanic Caucus to Homeland Security conferees: No more money for immigrant detention or a wall

Hispanic Caucus to Homeland Security conferees: No more money for immigrant detention or a wall

Victor Landa February 11, 2019

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro and 20 members of his caucus sent a letter to the Homeland Security conferees urging them not to appropriate any more money for immigrant detention or a […]

Declining white population is spawning fears, bias

Victor Landa July 23, 2018

Over the last three decades, demographers have told us that there would come a day when the declining white population would become less than half of the U.S. population. The […]

Will The Latino Vote Tip Elections THIS Year?

Victor Landa May 29, 2018

In more than 20 years of Hispanic marketing, I’ve heard this line over and over: The Latino vote could tip the elections this year. It’s true the Latino vote has […]

Gerrymandering: Moving from ‘cracking’ and ‘packing’ to fairness

Victor Landa November 1, 2017

On Oct. 3, the United States Supreme Court heard Gil vs. Whitford, a Wisconsin case regarding extreme partisan gerrymandering of the Wisconsin Legislature. In that case, Republicans drew a legislative […]

Texas High Schoolers Rise Against Anti-Immigrant SB 4 Law

Victor Landa July 15, 2017

By Viri Sanchez and Karla Quinones  (2.5 minute read) Four months ago, on February 16, thousands of high school students across Texas joined in a collective effort to stand up […]

Meet Jolt, the Latino Organization Aiming to Shake up Texas Politics

NewsTaco April 13, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because turning Texas blue is key to the Democratic Party’s national agenda. Because Latinos are the front line in the in the battle to turn […]

Latinos stand with Democrats, and will shape nation’s political future

NewsTaco December 20, 2016

* I’m going to hold my judgement of the Democratic Party until I see some change. Remember the GOP “autopsy?” The one that said they needed to be more inclusive, […]

Tom Perez says he’s in

NewsTaco December 16, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (4 minute read) First he said he was thinking about it, then he said he’d do it and now he did it. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez […]

A Latino head of the DNC would be historic – and it’s about time

NewsTaco December 14, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)  Word from Washington and reported in the New York Times say that Labor Secretary Thomas Perez “has told three senior Democrats that he […]

From potential vice president to the political wilderness, what’s next for Julián Castro?

NewsTaco December 2, 2016

*What’s next for the Secretary of Housing? No real plan is a world of opportunity. VL By Jamie Lovegrove, Dallas News (65.5 minute read) WASHINGTON — Just a few short months ago, […]