The Undocumented And Taxation Without Representation
The Undocumented And Taxation Without Representation
By Matias Ramos, Other Words Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation. With apologies to Emma Lazarus, […]
America’s War With Aliens And Their Families
By Hector Luis Alamo, Being Latino In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in […]
Texas Sen. Carlos Truan, A Living Legacy
If you venture too far from South Texas or the mired halls of Texas’ state capitol politics you may not not run into too many people who’ve heard of Carlos Truan. But […]
Santorum’s Exit: What it Means For Latinos
That haze you see on the GOP side of the political aisle is the heavy dust settling after Rick Santorum’s announcement that he’s suspending his presidential campaign. It’s also the […]
Apathy is perhaps the biggest crisis confronting Latinos
By Duke Machado Apathy may be our undoing. In the political world, everyone’s talking about Hispanics. Are we really going to make the difference? Will we actually show up and vote? Are […]
Is Your State Prepared: Water Threats to Economy, Health?
WASHINGTON – Only nine states have taken comprehensive steps to address their vulnerabilities to the water-related impacts of climate change, while 29 states are unprepared for growing water threats to […]
What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?
For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]
Latino Veep Sweepstakes Is Like Living In A Ranch
For people who watch these things, one of the big stories of the past few days was New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez “shutting the door” on the vice-presidential speculation. For the rest […]
The Simple Truth About The GOP And Latino Voters
The Republican Party’s presidential nominating process is not officially over, but it might as well be. Mitt Romney’s candidacy is preceded, for the time being, by words like presumptive and inevitable. You get the feeling […]
Can A New Model Predict The Latino Vote?
A group of political scientists at Latino Decisions have come up with a model to take the guess work out of figuring our how the Latino vote will affect the […]
