LatinaLista — Journalist Richard Prince noted in his Journal-isms blog that the use of “Obamacare” to negatively refer to the President’s Affordable Care Act appears to have been accepted into the mainstream vernacular and is showing up more and more in the leading newspapers of the country though spokespersons for the majority of the papers [...]
Reports of Romney softening on “Latino issues” doesn’t mean much
LatinaLista — It wasn’t a sure bet that it was going to happen but with fingers crossed, a lot of people hoped for it. We first saw it happening with Marco Rubio and now there are reports that Mitt Romney is showing the same signs. What is it? It’s the softening of their hard line [...]
Release of national dropout report underscores need for states to step up in graduating Latino students
LatinaLista — The issue of high school dropouts is one that has been around since the creation of secondary education. Yet, what once was thought to be a personal choice with only personal consequences has evolved into a realization that a country with a high dropout rate is one with a fragile economic future. It’s [...]
Young Latinos listen to classmates more than friends or family when it comes to going to the polls
LatinaLista — In the paper “Youth, Race and Voter Mobilization” released yesterday by the black youth project, the researchers cited many facts about political party mobilization efforts among young voters that weren’t fully realized. For example, in the 2008 election, it was widely believed that the Democratic party was outdoing the GOP when it came [...]
New report shows black and Latino youth remain an untapped gold mine of votes for both parties
LatinaLista — It was well known that young voters of color turned out in record numbers to vote in the 2008 election but what isn’t widely known is that both parties still failed to reach 80 percent of young voters — underscoring a missed opportunity for both Republicans and Democrats to mobilize the youth to [...]
San Bernardino County law enforcement carrying out gross miscarriage of justice against 18-year-old Mexican-American
LatinaLista — Mistaken identity, false police reports and vengeful neighbors are all elements that make a good mystery novel. But in this case, there is no mystery — only a sad story of a young Mexican American boy wrongfully jailed and a police department guilty of perpetuating an injustice. Javier Andrés Rocha, 18-years-old, and his [...]
