Hillary Clinton Prevails In Arizona Democratic Primary

Hillary Clinton Prevails In Arizona Democratic Primary

NewsTaco March 23, 2016

*Somewhere behind the wall-to-wall coverage of the Brussels attack there was this. Voters and caucus goers in Arizona Utah and Idaho (the American Samoa as well) chose presidential candidates. Trump […]

NewsTaco Podcast Network, Espisode 5: Super Tuesday III, Rubio, Trump, Hillary after the big vote

NewsTaco March 17, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco There were big political bets played this past Tuesday in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, and Missouri. The big payoff’s were delegates, bragging rights, sighs of […]

So, what is ‘Hispandering?’

NewsTaco March 11, 2016

*I read the title and was compelled to read. Hispandering is one of those things you recognize when you see it, but it’s also one of those words that I […]

NewsTaco Podcast Network, Episode 3: Latinos and the presidential election

NewsTaco March 4, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I catch up with Pilar Marrero, Senior Political writer for La Opinion in Los Angeles. She had an idea that we should try doing regular political […]

Clinton names rising Dem standout Julian Castro as prospective VP pick

NewsTaco March 3, 2016

*This is the rumor that doesn’t die, fueled now by Clinton herself. So does that mean it’s no longer a rumor? Hillary is quoted as saying  she would “seriously consider” […]

Generation gaps and ideological divides: what Hillary and Bernie could learn from Chicana/o history

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*”There is not one presidential candidate that can solve it all.” Aaron Sanchez explains why Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have each fallen short in their campaigns – Clinton to […]

Bill Richardson on the presidential election: “I’ve never seen anything like it”

NewsTaco February 26, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Bill Richardson laughs when you ask him what he thinks about the presidential election. It’s not a loud boisterous laugh, it’s more a surprised chuckle. And there’s more […]

Neither side was quite right on that Dolores Huerta ‘English-only’ shout-down

NewsTaco February 22, 2016

*Perspective, gente. . . This is a needless squabble, it accomplishes nothing. On the other hand, there’s nothing like a good political spat to get the partisan blood boiling, the […]

In Nevada, young Latinos are ‘Bernie kids’ while their parents are ‘with Hillary’

NewsTaco February 17, 2016

*Is this any different from what’s playing-out across the country? There’s a generational divide among Democratic voters and it’s present in the Latino community as well. Latinas make political decision […]

Nevada’s Coveted Latino Voters

NewsTaco February 16, 2016

*Coveted. That’s either great or terrible. Great that Latino millennials have an opportunity to flex their political muscles. Terrible because the usual politicking and pandering is in full swing. I’d […]