Presidential Debates Ignore Other Big Ticket Items
Presidential Debates Ignore Other Big Ticket Items
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media When the presidential debate dust finally settles, President Obama and GOP Presidential foe Mitt Romney will have spent a grand total of four and […]
Celebrating Chávez Monument, But Where Are Farm Workers Now?
By Ivan Delgado, Aurora Saldivar, Johnny Flores, New America Media KEENE, Calif. — On October 8, 2012, over 6,000 people descended upon Villa La Paz — the home, operational headquarters and […]
Colorado Latino Voters: Enthusiastic, Immigration Matters
By Kathleen Ryan, Public News Service DENVER – A new survey finds Latino voters in Colorado are engaged for the upcoming election – and want the government to take up two […]
Why Democrats Get Latinos Right
By Cindy Casares, Texas Observer When San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro spoke at the Democratic National Convention in September, he received varying amounts of criticism from the right. After all, […]
Daily NewsTaco
Friday, October 12, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latinos less certain than others about voting, Pew survey says (Los Angeles Times): It seems the American media has discovered another Latino […]
Fisher v. Texas: A View of Affirmative Action from Brazil
By Tanya K. Hernandez, New America Media The October 10, 2012, Supreme Court argument in the Fisher v. Texas affirmative action case marks a peculiar turning point in the racial history of […]
COMMENTARY: What Part of “Safety-Net” Don’t You Understand?
By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy and Research Center No, Mr. Romney. Obama supporters are not predominantly freeloaders, as you recently suggested. Adults, seniors, and (yes) even teenagers want to […]
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Thursday October 11, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latina vote: Mothers a political force in this election (Voxxi): Take a scalpel and dissect the Latino vote and you find that […]
The Impact of SB1070 on the 2012 Latino Vote in Arizona
By Rodolfo Espino, Latino Decisions The last Democratic candidate who won Arizona’s Electoral College votes was Bill Clinton in his bid for re-election in 1996 when Arizona had 8 Electoral College votes. […]
Latino Voter Registration ‘In High Gear’ for Nov. 6 Election
By Khalil bdullah, New America Media WASHINGTON, D.C.–A consortium of Latino organizations already has registered a quarter-million new Hispanic voters for this election cycle. Their spokespersons estimate that when those numbers […]