By Matthew Wright The Conversation For a moment, it looked as though 2018 might be the year that ended a three-decade streak of failure to pass so-called “comprehensive immigration reform.” On Jan. 11, a bipartisan group of six senators…
LatinaLista — Another senator who has reached his moral limit in supporting a presidency seen as dividing the country, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake delivered a heartfelt resignation that calls out fellow Republicans to stand up and do something.
By Elizabeth Aranda & Elizabeth Vaquera The Conversation “I am getting this wonderful education. I have a job. I fit in. At the same time, I feel at any moment that can change. I don’t think that most Americans…
LatinaLista — Election results tell us who we are while other statistics only hint at what we are It was that premise that motivated Washington State University graduate student Ryne Rohla to undertake the massive task of compiling 2016…
LatinaLista — Perhaps no other ‘bad press’ haunting this presidency has been the perception that the White House, namely Trump, actively tried to pressure the former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating the former national security adviser Michael…
Marisa Treviño LatinaLista When Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz declared themselves candidates for President, myself, like many Latinos in the nation, were happily anxious at the prospect of having representation in the highest office of the land. So what…
By Deborah Charnes LatinaLista SAN JUAN DEL SUR, NICARAGUA — It’s 4 a.m. I awake with the roosters. Reach for my smart phone. Tap into the live Election Tracker. Many emotions pass through me. Bottom line, I’m ashamed to…
By Brandon Capece Council on Hemispheric Affairs “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you…They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs….
LatinaLista — News that FBI Director James Comey reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails created an outcry from the Democrats and a cry of delight from Trump’s campaign. Media pundits are having a field day as to how…
By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista As a kid, I remember dreading every time the teacher chose to read to the class the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Emperor’s New Clothes. The idea that a king could trot around in invisible…
LatinaLista — Back in March, I wrote a scolding commentary on my fellow journalists. I faulted them for propelling Donald Trump’s rise in the polls. Some criticized me for my critique, others agreed. I based that conclusion on unbiased…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Barack Obama’s historic election in 2008 was met with an immediate reaction from a group of mostly conservative white Americans who did not complete college. It was a group that took to social media, and…
By Andres Trujillo LatinaLista What are words without substance? What is a quote worth if the context in which it was spoken is unknown? It’s hard to tell in 2016. People are no longer spending the time to read…
LatinaLista — Long before Donald Trump started sweeping up primary wins, I noticed a disturbing trend on network and cable news shows — Trump was their go-to candidate interviewee. Like on the debate stage where the spotlight perpetually shines…
By Madison Alder Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Latino groups looking to help Hispanics flex their political muscle this election said that job is being made easier by rhetoric from people like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and GOP presidential…
LatinaLista — While the majority of voters view Donald Trump's grossly insensitive declarations about what he will do when he is president as nada más than political rhetoric, it's come to the point that he must be taken seriously. …
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Donald Trump is a joke. He’s not a serious candidate. These are things we’ve been saying with increasing hesitancy since the beginning of the summer, or since his infamous statements about Mexican immigrants. This past…
By Marcela Figueroa LatinaLista Yes, Donald Trump is probably the most irritating character in American politics in at least two decades. Yes, he has been at the top of the Republican polls for the last couple of months. Yes,…
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista Protestors from around Dallas and different Texas cities marched through the streets of downtown Dallas waving U.S. flags and chanting “Dump the Trump!” Monday afternoon. The wave of red, white and blue noisily moved…
Latina Lista founder Marisa Treviño and Latina Lista managing editor Obed Manuel sit down to introduce readers to the ListaPodcast and to discuss everyone’s favorite haircut (Donald Trump), the surprising face-off brewing between presidential campaign veteran Hillary Clinton and…
By Diane Alverio CTLatinoNews.com Donald Trump’s insulting remarks and actions regarding Univision’s network anchor Jorge Ramos at a press conference in Iowa (last) Tuesday predictably increased Latino disgust over his presidential campaign. It also gave Hispanics a new hero…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista GOP frontrunner Donald Trump caught the headlines again. What else is new these past few weeks? But this time he may have gone too far. At an Iowa press conference, Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos,…
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista “I am not a criminal. I’m not a drug dealer. I’m definitely not a rapist.” These are the words of Ricardo Aca, a buser who works in the Trump SoHo, the posh New York…
By Luis Montoya Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is to visit Laredo on Thursday to speak with the law enforcement community. KGNS-TV broke the news on its evening broadcast on Tuesday. Its source…
