Carlos Gutierrez: ‘We Failed Miserably’ to Engage Latino Vote
Carlos Gutierrez: ‘We Failed Miserably’ to Engage Latino Vote
By BBC News In the 2012 US Presidential elections 70% of the Hispanic vote went to Barack Obama. Former Republican Secretary of Commerce and Cuban immigrant, Carlos Gutierrez told HARDtalk’s […]
Gun Bill’s Failure May help Immigration Legislation
By Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Here’s an odd political reality: The collapse of the gun bill in the Senate last week may well make the passage of immigration reform legislation slightly easier. “I think the […]
Immigration Bill Filed in Senate; Opponents Hope to Kill It
By David Nakamura, Washington Post A bipartisan group of lawmakers formally filed an 844-page immigration bill on the Senate floor early Wednesday morning, setting the stage for months of public debate over the […]
Immigration Bill Compromise is a Potential Political Sea Change
Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s 844 pages long. It’s been a long time coming. And it’s a compromise. So it’s a daunting read, a sigh of relief and…better than nothing. I’m […]
The Senate Immigration Bill Has Arrived! Here Are Its Basics
By Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines The long awaited Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill was released early this morning by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The landmark bill promises to dramatically realign the U.S. […]
Iconic L.A. Teacher Sal Castro Who Led East L.A. Walkouts in the 1960s, Dies
By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Southern california Public Radio Sal Castro, the Lincoln High School social studies teacher who inspired students to stage mass walkouts from classes to demand better school in 1968, […]
Guns Yes, Immigrants No
By William Saletan, Slate Mandatory background checks are a terrible idea. They burden law-abiding citizens and don’t catch criminals. The databases they rely on are riddled with errors. We don’t even […]
Can Mayor Julian Castro Turn Texas Blue?
By Andrew Romano, Newsweek/Daily Beast Mayor Julián Castro is on his way to Austin. This wasn’t always part of the plan, or so I’m told. Castro was originally scheduled to […]
HLN Conference, A Platform for Ideas to Change Conservative Approach
By Rocio Gonzalez, Voxxi As the Hispanic Leadership Network gets ready for its annual conference in Miami, a deal for immigration reform is being ironed out in Washington while the Supreme […]
What to do About the State of Racism?
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Recently, I have been travelling around the country and speaking to and with groups of academics on the state of Latino politics in the USA. […]
