Latino voting bloc could be the second most important in 2020
Latino voting bloc could be the second most important in 2020
The Hispanic population’s exponential growth in the U.S. that has long been expected, is now fully upon the country. Totaling an approximate 58 million people, the Latino community has become one of the […]
Latino voters will make up largest minority group by 2020 election, study says
By the 2020 presidential election Latino voters will make up the largest share of non-white eligible voters, according to a Pew Research Center study published Wednesday (Jan. 30). The study takes an […]
NewsTaco Rundown – February 5, 2019
Latino group sues Texas over flagging potential noncitizens on voter rolls – NBCNews The nation’s oldest Latino civil rights group, the League of United Latin American Citizens, filed a lawsuit […]
NewsTaco Rundown – January 30, 2019
I went to the White House to let the president know immigration reform is an economic necessity – The Hill Last week, I went to the White House to talk […]
NBC calls Tom Brokaw’s assimilation comments ‘inaccurate and inappropriate’
New York (CNN Business) – NBC News, facing mounting backlash stemming from former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw‘s comments that Hispanics should “work harder at assimilation” into American culture, distanced […]
NewsTaco Rundown – January 29, 2019
Nobody Believes A Wall Will Stop Illegal Immigration – Forbes In a January 25, 2019, speech, Donald Trump argued on behalf of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by stating, “Israel […]
Why the Latino sleeping giant will never awaken. And why that’s a good thing.
Somewhere deep in the bowels of Donald Trump’s political salt mines (This, of course, is pure conjecture. I don’t know that Trump has political salt mines or if they have […]
Congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones addresses students
For Democratic candidate Gina Ortiz Jones, representation doesn’t “mean a more colorful picture, it means our voices, our experiences are at the table and impacting these decisions that affect our […]
Is THIS the Year Latino Voters Finally Turn Arizona Blue?
PHOENIX — “Democrats hope demographic changes will translate into a win in November,” wrote The Nation magazine a while back. “Arizona, the second fastest-growing state … brimming with Latinos and Independents [is] […]
Advocacy group releases interactive map to help Latinos run for office
A Latino advocacy group is releasing a new online tool to help prospective Latino candidates run in districts where Hispanics are underrepresented. The interactive map commissioned by Latino Victory Project cross-references […]
