Declining white population is spawning fears, bias

Declining white population is spawning fears, bias

Victor Landa July 23, 2018

Over the last three decades, demographers have told us that there would come a day when the declining white population would become less than half of the U.S. population. The […]

Will The Latino Vote Tip Elections THIS Year?

Victor Landa May 29, 2018

In more than 20 years of Hispanic marketing, I’ve heard this line over and over: The Latino vote could tip the elections this year. It’s true the Latino vote has […]

Gerrymandering: Moving from ‘cracking’ and ‘packing’ to fairness

Victor Landa November 1, 2017

On Oct. 3, the United States Supreme Court heard Gil vs. Whitford, a Wisconsin case regarding extreme partisan gerrymandering of the Wisconsin Legislature. In that case, Republicans drew a legislative […]

Texas High Schoolers Rise Against Anti-Immigrant SB 4 Law

Victor Landa July 15, 2017

By Viri Sanchez and Karla Quinones  (2.5 minute read) Four months ago, on February 16, thousands of high school students across Texas joined in a collective effort to stand up […]

Eugenics in the Trump Era

NewsTaco May 19, 2017

*To understand eugenics is to understand some of the motivation in the Trump White House. It cloaks raw bigotry in scientific terms and fills public discussions with dog-whistle racism. Please, […]

#TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner Lampoons Trump Supporter’s Bizarre Warning, Praises Tacos

NewsTaco September 2, 2016

*What’s wrong with so much of something so delicious? VL By Sameer Rao, Colorlines While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trumpx tries to sell his anti-immigration platform with less-xenophobic language than before, one of his […]

Donald Trump Gambles on Immigration but Sends Conflicting Signals

NewsTaco September 1, 2016

*He wasn’t so tough in Mexico, was he? Then he comes back to Phoenix and barks again. Typical Trump. VL By Patrick Healy, The New York Times (5 minute read) Donald […]

Several Hispanic Trump surrogates reconsider support

NewsTaco

*From a U.S. Latino perspective, even among his supporters and GOP partisans, yesterday was a fail for Trump. VL By Katie Gluleck and Kyle Cheney, Politico (3 minute read) Several major […]

Despite what he says, Donald Trump stokes fear against Latinos

NewsTaco July 22, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco This won’t come as a surprise to Latinos who’ve been following the presidential election.  Donald Trump doesn’t like us, despite the many times he says we […]

In San Bernardino: A womb provides the perfect cover

NewsTaco December 7, 2015

*Sam Quiñones sounds off on the San Bernardino killings, terrorism, gun laws and fanaticism, then he parallels them to L.A Street gangs, dope addicts and an ominous tale by Dostoyevsky. […]