Friday, November 30, 2012

Latino politics

  • Democrats and Republicans Engage in Lame-Duck Session Duel Over ...

    It's not just the so-called "fiscal cliff" that Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a tug-of-war over during the lame-duck session.

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Election 2012 and the Future of Latino Politics

    Less than four weeks ago, Latinos reshaped the nation's political map and exercised the strength of their political power, both as voters and candidates. Election 2012 demonstrated the ability of Latino candidates to successfully pursue office in ...

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  • Ten Young Latinos in Politics to Watch in 2013

    This year Latinos boomed in mainstream American culture. In media, Latino affairs grew in network news as Fox News Latino and ABC/Univision thrived as fresh, unique, English-language news sources for Latino culture and politics. In politics, Latino ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • GOP's STEM Act Family Provision Would Benefit Latinos Most, But Bill Seems ...

    Latinos could be among the biggest beneficiaries of a provision of a Republican bill that allows spouses and minor children of legal immigrants to live in the United States while waiting for their green card application to be processed.

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Beyond The Family: Latino Power at a Crossroads

    This summer Angelo Falcón, founder and president of the National Institute of Latino Policy and one of the chief gadflies on the New York Latino political scene, stirred up a major controversy when he released a missive entitled "A Boricua Game of Thrones?

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  • Illinois Politicians Push for Undocumented Immigrants to Have Driver Licenses

    CHICAGO - Politicians are pushing to make Illinois the third state in the U.S. to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants - a move top officials from both parties say is a way to make roads safer and one that could have political ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Washington's Latinos, Women Poorly Represented in Least Diverse Legislature

    Lawmakers and advocates say there aren't more women and minorities in the Legislature for a number of reasons, including poor recruitment, low salaries, competing needs for women and the rancorous nature of politics being a turnoff. "This doesn't ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Demographic Changes Shape Latino Aspirations

    Since the defeat of Fernando Ferrer in 2005, where he won the Democratic nomination convincingly (something Herman Badillo had never done) yet suffered a devastating loss to the incumbent Bloomberg, New York's Latino political apparatus has been ...

    www.citylimits.org

  • Navigating NYC's New Identity Politics

    So, in some senses, ethnic politics or Latino candidacies are not important in the same way they were during the height of what one could call the ethnic succession era; in others ways, they are as important as ever.

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  • Mercedes Olivera: Latino voters show political clout nationally, but Texas may ...

    Julian Castro and Juan Hernandez discuss Hispanic vote - and its potential impact on elections to come. To many Latino political veterans, President Barack Obama's heavy support among Latino voters in Tuesday's presidential election came as no surprise.

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  • George P. Bush Begins Road to the White House

    Political observers say he could infuse new enthusiasm among Latinos in the Republican Party because of his seemingly moderate tone on immigration and because he is a Mexican from Miami - which gives him a broad appeal among Mexicans, the largest ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Election 2012: Latino Races to Follow

    From California to Miami to Texas, Latinos are either making history this election or trying to hold on to their politics seats. One could be the first Latino astronaut to hold national office, another could be the first Latino senator in Texas history ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Opinion: Latinos …not a political monolith but a coalition

    From the moment election-night pundits saw the first exit-poll results, all of America has been talking about the Latino vote.

    nbclatino.com

  • Florida's Latino politics shaken up as Puerto Ricans shift the ground

    The Cuban songs played to a community that has for decades defined Latino politics in Florida as solidly pro-Republican. The Puerto Rican music was an acknowledgement that hegemony is increasingly under challenge from Latino migrants whose votes ...

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • 'That's where it began'

    M., and Texas legislator Henry B. Gonzalez of San Antonio, a future congressman, positioned themselves as the first recognizable national Latino political figures. Latinos identified with Kennedy. Just as in 2012, Republicans in 1960 did little to woo ...

    www.startribune.com

  • Latinos Highlight America's Changing Face

    Washington - It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics - the changing face of America. The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and death rates, immigration statistics and census charts for ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • After Six Years, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon Fell Short of Goals

    After six years, President Felipe Calderón leaves México with fiscal stability that saved the country from collapse during the world's economic crisis, but with far greater violence, very little change in poverty levels and anemic job growth.

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Latinos in California Offer Republicans a Glimpse Into Party's Future

    The nation's most populous state - home to 1 in 8 Americans - has entered a period of Democratic political control so far-reaching that the dwindling number of Republicans in the Legislature are in danger of becoming mere spectators at the statehouse.

    latino.foxnews.com

  • For Latino Hopefuls, Lessons of Badillo and Ferrer Loom Large

    While the Latino population in New York has become greatly diversified over the last 20 years, the heart of Latino political power in the city remains tied to its still-dominant demographic group, Puerto Ricans. It can be said that Latinos first got on ...

    www.citylimits.org

  • Young Latinas Were Among Obama's Most Enthusiastic Voters, Report Says

    Young Latinas and African Americans were President Obama's biggest supporters among voters between 18 and 29 years old, according to an analysis released Wednesday of national exit poll data.

    latino.foxnews.com

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