Progressives, Hispanics are not ‘Latinx.’ Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language.
Progressives, Hispanics are not ‘Latinx.’ Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language.
OPINION When Yale professor Cydney Dupree and her colleague analyzed more than two decades worth of political speeches and conducted experiments searching for bias when communicating with racial minorities, they were surprised […]
Carlos Guerra, journalist and civil rights activist
In the 1960s, Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University-Kingsville) was a hotbed for political activism. The campus was the home of several Mexican American civil rights organizations. Among them […]
Study finds blacks, Latinos get worse care for neurological disorders
* NewsTaco HEALTH TUESDAY By Dave Lindorff, Salon (4 minunte read) A pioneering study published recently in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology has found that black and Latino […]
Latinos, Millennials Among Groups Least Likely to Have Health Insurance
*Why you should read this: Because this information is vital as the debate about healthcare intensifies in Washington. Because “Latinos . . . are much more likely than non-Latinos to […]
Texas Demographer Has Given the Same Speech for 25 Years. Is Anyone Listening?
*Why you should read this: Because of two things – one, demography is destiny; and two, as Texas goes so will the country, eventually. VL By Sam DeGrave, Texas Observer (2.5 […]
TV Binge Viewing Is The New Normal Among Hispanic Consumers
*I thought this was interesting for a specific reason. Not because of binge watching or because of what television producers and marketers may or may not say, but because of […]
Right-wing xenophobes, cowardly Dems and the misunderstood Latino vote
*There’s political theater, political posturing, veiled threats, and then there’s political reality. Here’s a take on what’s really going on with Latinos and the mid-term election votes. VL By Gabriel […]
Latino politics in second Obama term: still on outside looking in?
By Angelo Falcon, National Institute for Latino Policy/NBCLatino How do we characterize Latino politics at the national level in the current context of this post-shutdown period? This is significant since our […]
Rep. Raul Ruiz, a doctor, helps ill passenger on flight
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino On an early morning flight back to his district, Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz had to shift to his expertise as an emergency room doctor to help a […]
Obama: Anyone still standing in way of bipartisan immigration reform should explain why
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino President Barack Obama fresh from a victory over Republicans on the government shutdown told House Republicans Thursday anyone standing in the way of bipartisan immigration reform should […]
