NewsTaco Rundown – February 5, 2019
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 […]
Cities Are Bracing for 2020 Census Chaos
The first federal court decision about the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census did not leave much room for debate. U.S. District Court Judge […]
New Census Data Show US Becoming More Diverse
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1.5 minue read) This may be why the Caucasian voters at Trump rallies have become angry-white voters: The county is getting browner. At least, that’s […]
Without More Census Funding, Disadvantaged Communities Risk Being Overlooked Most
*This story has been flying under the radar, with all the attention going to the Trumpian antics. But we need to shine a constant light on it because it will […]
Minority babies are the majority among the nation’s infants, but only just
*The day minorites become the majority in the U.S. is already here, among babies younger than 1-year-old. We’re not surprised. VL By D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center Factank (3 minute […]
Should “Hispanic” be a race?
*First off, this shouldn’t be a serious question. Second, the answer is no. Third, who is “Jane the Actuary.” Fourth, give this piece a chance, Jane says there should be […]
Census Changes Could Make Whites Less Than 50 Percent Sooner
*There’s a good infographic that circulated in social media networks recently, done by NPR it showed how much the “race” question had changed on census forms since 1850. For instance, those […]
Hispanic population reaches record 55 million, but growth has cooled
*While the U.S. Latino population continues to grow, there are some changes to report. The growth rate is slowing, and there is evidence that Latinos are dispersing widely across the […]
Jeb Bush identified himself as ‘Hispanic’ in 2009 form
*Wait. What? This opens a crate filled with cans of worms. The Hispanic/ Latino/ Indigenous/ Mestizo/ Chicano/ Mexicano/ Salvadoreño/ Dominicano/ Boricua/ etc… community has been in “dialogue” about the issue […]
There is no such thing as “White Hispanic” – except in the census definitions
*A couple of things. First, the idea of whether Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is Hispanic, Latino, or “Hispanic enough” is bound to come up in commentary, opinion or general […]
