Yikes, Ted Cruz for President!

Yikes, Ted Cruz for President!

NewsTaco March 23, 2015

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco That’s the way one Democratic Party operative put it in a donation email that went out last week.  Sometimes party activists use fear tactics to […]

Ted Cruz Hopes Early Campaign Entry Will Focus Voters’ Attention

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*This wasn’t unexpected. This first step speaks volumes of Cruz’s intention: he made his announcement at Liberty University, in Lynchburg Virginia. Appealing to the right-wing, Tea Party base in the […]

Is Libertarianism anti-Community?

NewsTaco July 28, 2014

By Dr. Henry Flores, Newstaco Did you know that July 30th is International Friendship Day celebrated globally?  On Sunday, July 20th, Día del Amigo was celebrated in Argentina.  Every restaurant […]

North Carolina Tea Party Uses Dog Whistle Politics to Challenge Minority Voters

NewsTaco March 27, 2014

*This story caught my attention because of its “dog whistle” pattern. It comes from Ashville, North Carolina, not too far from the Appalachian Trail. Ashville’s population is almost 69,ooo – […]

What the Government Shutdown and Hispanic Heritage Month Have in Common

Mary Mata October 18, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I see a suspicious trend. I think the Tea Party may have taken their idea to shut the government down from the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. […]

The Lonely Voyage of Ted Cruz

Mary Mata February 18, 2013

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco The photo in Saturday’s New York Times was telling a lonely man alone, with an unhappy look on his face standing in the dull yellow […]

Latinos Can See Much In Tea Party—Besides Ted Cruz

Mary Mata August 23, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Clara Villalobos Russell remembers the days when she used to play princess tea party with her childhood friends in Texas. But those memories are nothing like […]

Tea Party Calls For “Tea Baggings,” Why Is Everyone Laughing?

Mary Mata August 9, 2012

By El Guapo, The Daily Refried In an effort to construct a more focused and effective message, the nation’s patriots who’ve coalesced into the Tea Party have chosen to retool […]

Immigration Rhetoric In GOP Primary Harmful To Latinos

Mary Mata March 20, 2012

By Gus K. West Immigration has surfaced as one of the top issues in this Republican presidential primary — thanks in no small part to the United States’ ever-growing population […]

Why Does The GOP Keep Calling Marco Rubio A Possible VP?

Mary Mata January 26, 2012

On Friday Marco Rubio will give a speech at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami, Florida that positions him as the preeminent conservative Latino politician United States of America. Meanwhile, Newt […]