SB 1070 Advocate Recalled In Arizona
SB 1070 Advocate Recalled In Arizona
Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce is set to be recalled, as enough signatures have been gathered to force a special election this November. If you recall, we reported that the […]
Joaquín Castro Talks About His Run For Congress
Austin, Texas — We recently caught up with Joaquín Castro, who lately announced he would be running for Congress in the 35th congressional district of Texas. The district runs from […]
Latinos Are Leaving Alabama; Who Will Rebuild After Tornados?
Alabama lawmakers should have thought this thing through. When Governor Robert Bentley signed that state’s new immigration law he boasted, according to a Bloomberg Buisinessweek report, that it was “the […]
No Latino Legislators Means Plenty of Anti-Immigrant Laws
Remember Rebecca Forest? That lady who blamed all of Texas’ problems on “Hispanic legislators?” Well, according to PolitiFact, she had a point: states with big percentages of Latino legislators didn’t […]
To Mobilize 12 Million Latinos, Register 15 Million
Before we begin mobilizing Latino voters for the 2012 presidential election, we must understand the population of available voters in our community as well as the total number of Latino […]
Anti-Immigrant Bill Fails In Texas
You’d need a diagram to figure out exactly how it happened, but suffice it to say that the state senators in Texas gathered their marbles and went home. And just […]
Perry Bombs At National Latino Conference
By Melissa Del Bosque Thursday in San Antonio, the national press got one of their first honest-to-God looks at Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential potential. They got to evaluate his candidate […]
Want Latinos To Vote? Just Ask
Latino voter turnout is expected to reach record numbers in 2012. That’s according to a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) projection. The estimate is that 12.2 million Latino […]
Texas Senator John Cornyn Heckled At NALEO Over DREAM Act
San Antonio, Texas — Last night during a speech to NALEO attendees, Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn gave what many believed was a great speech. He said right off the […]
John McCain Uses One Fire To Start Another
By Randy Parraz Most recently Arizona has been in the national headlines because of the outbreak of wildfires. At no time in our history have we ever experienced fires of […]