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…
By Robin Smith Futurity Voters seem to prefer candidates with deeper voices, and researchers suspect our “caveman instincts” could explain why. “Modern-day political leadership is more about competing ideologies than brute force,” says Casey Klofstad, associate professor of political…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com Three Connecticut cities with large Latino populations, three primary races and three prominent Latino officeholders, all Democrats, challenging candidates who bear the local party machinery’s seal of approval that they were denied. That is the…
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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…
LatinaLista — Ever since Obama came into office, Republicans in Congress have tried to block, stall and thwart any policy or issue Obama and the Democrats wanted to pass. It’s a tactic that has not only garnered the Legislative…
LatinaLista — Compared to its surrounding Latin American neighbors, Guatemala is a small-big country. A little over 15 million people, known as Guatemaltecos, live in country rich with biodiversity and archeological treasures. Guatemala, straddling the borders of Mexico, Honduras,…
LatinaLista — Today’s official declaration that Latinos now outnumber whites in California hardly made news. Most people across the nation thought that threshold had already been crossed and even the U.S. Census data, which was released in late June,…
LatinaLista — So, who else has as big a dismal voter turnout as Latino voters? It seems those who say they care about the environment. According to the new organization, the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), during the last national…
LatinaLista — Latinos care so deeply for the environment that in elections where environmental initiatives were on the ballot, Latino voters were the ones who propelled them into law, according to a new study by Latino Decisions and the…
Latinas Represent Regina Monge is an elected official, and she’s still in college. In the interview above, listen to LatinasRepresent Intern Nicole Castillo interview Monge about her decision to run for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) in DC. Regina…
By Melanie Diaz and Timothy Keen Council on Hemispheric Affairs In February 2015, a large-scale prison uprising broke out at the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas. The detention center has experienced riots like this in the past…
By Luis Badillo and Todd M. Freimuth Extra CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel was at the 95th St. Redline stop on Wednesday. He was thanking voters for allowing him to serve a second term after an unprecedented runoff election….
By Laurie Liles Cronkite News WASHINGTON _ Dark money in campaigns has become an issue nationwide but in the words of one expert, Arizona “really is a special place for dark money.” The state, because of its laws or…
LatinaLista — It’s an understatement to say that the GOP sweep of Tuesday’s midterm election has hogged the headlines of the past two days. Lost amid all the same-old, same-old political rhetoric are two congressional milestones that aren’t getting…
LatinaLista — It seems like an understatement to write that tomorrow is a midterm election given the volume of social media, email and television commercials over the past month reminding us to get to the polls. Every “Get out…
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…
By Alex Hernandez Extra CHICAGO — Monday night Cook County Commissioner Jesús “Chuy” García announced his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. “Since Karen Lewis took ill and was unable to make a run for mayor…
LatinaLista — Conservative pundits and politicians have made an extra big effort lately to convince Democrats and Latinos that Latinos are so angry with Obama for not doing anything on reforming immigration policy that they will punish the Blue…
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…
By Clifton B. Parker Futurity Democrats and Republicans are increasingly split along political party lines, and new research suggests those partisan sentiments are stronger than racial biases. “We were particularly surprised at the extent to which party politics has…
LatinaLista — The majority of young people in the country don’t believe elected officials take them and their concerns seriously, according to a new study released by the Black Youth Project. In Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future…
By Amanda Lozano La Prensa San Antonio, Texas — People en Español held an advanced screening of their newest Latino documentary series called “Habla.” The newest installment of “Habla” is called “Habla Men”, which features male Hispanic role models…
by Gary Segura Latino Decisions In a matter of weeks or even days, we anticipate that President Obama will articulate some changes to immigration administration and enforcement that will provide some security to undocumented persons living and working in…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Simpolfy – Bringing Politics into the 21st Century Frustrated with Washington? The power of the dollar has become greater than the power of the ballot, yet the two are intertwined. Why do politicians solicit funds? Typically,…
