Trump’s immigration restrictionists have had a field day during the pandemic in contorting the nation’s immigration policies to fit their goal of eliminating Mexican migration. First, they blamed migrants. Now, they have a new target. This time, they could…
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Rethinking reporting on polls in time for midterm elections
By Stephen Utych The Conversation The Associated Press, a nonprofit newswire published by 1,300 papers and broadcasters, has updated its stylebook to clarify that “poll results that seek to preview the outcome of an election must never be the…
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Are third-party candidates spoilers? What voting data reveal
By Daniel P. Franklin, Abigail Bowen & Judd Thornton The Conversation Green Party candidate Jill Stein does not see herself as a spoiler in the 2016 presidential race. Her voters, Stein claims, would not have come to the polls had she…
By Ron Chandler The Conversation Whether you support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, fear might be the biggest factor driving you to the polls. Over the weekend, pollster Peter Hart told NBC News that this has been “an election about fear.”…
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Is it true registered Latino voters turn out in high proportions? History tells one story
LatinaLista — The headlines are encouraging: Latino Early Voters Set Milwaukee Record As Florida Early Voting Begins, 99% More Latinos Have Already Voted Than In 2012 Mexican-Americans Are Reshaping the Electoral Map In Arizona — And The U.S. The…
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Will Hispanic voters swing US presidential election?
By Clifton B. Parker Futurity Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, and their concerns will have a major impact on the 2016 presidential election. Stanford University historian Albert Camarill speaks here about their influence,…
By La Monica Everett-Haynes Futurity Political scholars and pundits have called the 2016 election cycle the most tumultuous and hostile in recent memory. The divide between Democrats and Republicans is wider than ever, and the divisions within these…
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American elections ranked worst among Western democracies. Here’s why.
By Pippa Norris The Conversation The world is currently transfixed by the spectacle of American elections. From New York, London and Paris to Beijing, Moscow, and Sydney there is endless heated debate in the news media and across dinner…
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Bilingual hotline helps Latino voters on Super Tuesday
LatinaLista — Twelve states will hold Super Tuesday caucuses and primary elections today — Alabama, Alaska Republican Caucus, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. According to the Brennan Center for Justice: Since the 2010…
By Ben Pryor The Conversation (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. ) During President Obama’s final State of the Union address, he called for reforms to the voting process, saying, “We’ve got…
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ListaPodcast: House OKs spending measure, hung jury in Freddie Gray trial, Republicans spar on immigration December 18, 2015
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Here’s your brief rundown of the week’s news Recording and editing by Obed Manuel
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Guest Voz: A changing population begs the question — Which party can amass 270 electoral votes to win the presidency?
By Ruy Teixeira, John Halpin, Rob Griffin Center for American Progress One year out, the presidential election of 2016 appears wide open. Over the past four election cycles, American voters have yet to render a decisive verdict on…
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista 5. Not enough of us maintain a healthy diet According to the latest findings by the State of Obesity, 77 percent of adult Latinos in the U.S. are obese or overweight. The report…
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ListaPodcast: Weekly News Roundup September 25, 2015
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista Recording and editing by Obed Manuel Managing editor Obed Manuel delivers a brief telling of the week’s news.
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Podcast: An introduction to the ListaPodcast with a discussion of first impressions of the 2016 presidential campaign
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…
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Guest Voz: Donald Trump is at it again. This time he messed with the wrong person.
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,…
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Guest Voz: Bernie Sanders: the 73-year-old candidate for American millennials
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista As the crowd chanted “Bernie! Bernie!” I felt a bit emotionally overwhelmed. Watching Bernie Sanders rail against income inequality and the influence of Wall Street on American politics at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel was the…
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Guest Voz: Showing their strength: Women of Color an undeniable force among American voters
By Maya L. Harris Center for American Progress The following column originally appeared on emPower magazine. With Election Day upon us, politicians, political analysts and pundits alike are laser focused on a perennial election question: What will women and…
By Mark Burd Futurity When political races are competitive, both Democrat and Republican voters favor candidates who are more strongly conservative or liberal, new research shows. The findings contradict conventional thinking that holds close elections swing appeal to the…
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Guest Voz: Eighteen Senate and Governor races Latinos could influence in 2014
By Dr. Matt Barreto LatinaLista The 2014 election is now just 8 days away and almost all the attention on the Latino vote is in Colorado’s Senate race. While other states with large Latino populations may not have competitive…
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At Oklahoma State Capitol, Barely a Murmur of Hispanic Voices
By M. Scott Carter Oklahoma Watch Mary Sosa’s campaign is over. The yard signs have been taken down. The volunteers have gone home. The retired 65-year-old city employee has returned to her work as a community volunteer. But for…
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A quest to wake Texas Latinos from their political siesta
La Voz de Austin It’s no secret that Hispanic voters in Travis County have a hard time finding an election booth. In the recent March 4th, 2014 primary season, out of some 98,000 registered Hispanic voters, only 8,448 bothered…
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New organization launches to help more Latinas realize their political dreams
LatinaLista — Latinas stand at 25 million strong in the nation. By 2050, it’s estimated that Latinas will comprise 15 percent of the total population — a sizable portion who, unless things change at the ballot box, will remain…
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VotoSocial.org Offers Independent Look at Ballot Talley Sheets for Honduran Election
Honduras Weekly HONDURAS — In an effort to give the average person access to the actual voting tallies for the recent presidential election in Honduras, and thereby provide transparency to the process, a group of enterprising young Hondurans —…
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San Diego’s Latino voters stand behind Alvarez’s campaign for mayor
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego David Alvarez is one step closer to becoming the first mayor of Mexican origin in San Diego. The once relatively unknown Democrat councilmember, placed second in the Nov. 19th special mayoral…