The Tequila Party: A Shot At Suppressing The Latino Vote?

By Dr. Henry Flores, Ph.D. Bueno, we’ve had La Raza Unida Party, the Tea Party, the Coffee Party — I even had a party in my backyard but nobody heard […]

In California the redistricting process is controlled by the non-partisan Citizens Redistricting Commission, which just released the maps today. Check them out here and see the commission’s press release below: Today California takes […]

The appointment of Katherine Archuleta as political director of president Obama’s re-election campaign is significant, but not for the obvious reasons. Yeah, it’s a big deal that Obama gave a […]

The Obama For America organization picked Latina, Katherine Archuleta, to run the organization as political director. The Denver Post reported: Katherine Archuleta, a staffer for former Denver Mayors John Hickenlooper and […]

An editorial in The New York Times this week asks an important question: Why do Republicans want to make voting harder? Specifically, harder for minority voters. The editorial basically points […]

Thought it would be another good time to look at redistricting around the country and how that’s affecting Latinos. We’ve written about some recent cases: Nebraska California Texas and Texas […]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he would suspend that state’s participation in the immigrant hunting operation known as “Secure Communities.” While the program is ostensibly set to target […]

The Texas congressional redistricting map is out and, as is always the case with these things, there are winners and losers. One big winner may be San Antonio — one […]

What do President Obama, Professor Cornel West, Latinos and Immigration Reform have to do with each other?  A lot!  A great deal, actually! Last week Professor Cornel West, an eminent […]

A new map of legislative boundaries in Illinois drawn up by legislators violates the rights of Latino voters, according to a Latino legal rights group. The Mexican American Legal Defense […]