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The Growing Latino Vote
10 Oct 2012 … A new report released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that since 2008, America’s Latino voting population has grown by 4 million, or 22 percent, to 23.7 million. Latinos now make up 11 percent of the electorate – an increase from Continue reading
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The Latino Electorate in Nine Charts
10 Oct 2012 … Get a statistical snapshot of Hispanic America and the issues Latinos consider important when choosing a president. Continue reading
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Swinging the Senate Blue May Hinge on Latino Voters
8 Aug 2016 … “Latinos hating what Donald Trump says is not enough to mobilize them into an electoral force,” one organizer says. “Demographics is not destiny. It’s an opportunity.” Continue reading
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What Drives Latino Voters?
10 Oct 2012 … With more Latinos expected to vote this year than ever before, pollster Sylvia Manzano explains what might drive their decisions. Continue reading
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Did You See Those Two White Guys on TV Whip Out That Mexican Thing?
10 Oct 2016 … Kaine may not have won the debate but did he persuade throngs of eligible Latino voters and new Americans who might have sat out the election or supported her opponents to vote for Clinton? If so, his testy performance — Continue reading
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President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio
8 Aug 2017 … Like Donald Trump, Joe Arpaio made his name in politics through aggressive race baiting, repeatedly winning election as the sheriff of Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, by that means. Arpaio’s political strategy involved systematically going after the city’s Latino residents, Continue reading
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Dog Whistling About ISIS — and Latinos Too
9 Sep 2014 … This is the third in a series of posts that Ian Haney López, the author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, will be writing in the weeks leading up to Continue reading
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The FCC’s Chance to Promote Diverse Media Owners, and How It May Blow It
12 Dec 2012 … The president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition stresses the importance of positive Latino representations in the media. Continue reading
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Arturo Madrid: Challenging Hispanic Stereotypes
11 Nov 1988 … The teacher and expert on policy affecting Latino communities discusses the controversy surrounding bilingual education. Continue reading
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The Wall That Wasn’t
9 Sep 2016 … Since moderator Lester Holt never asked about immigration or that border wall the Republican nominee insists Mexico will pay for, it wasn’t easy. But during his first debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump did his best to alienate Latinos. Continue reading