"This population has been underserved. The American dream is still very vibrant in the Hispanic heart."
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.30.2012
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) made another controversial remark last week, telling constituents that Democrats want Hispanics to be dependent ...
AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.29.2012
SAN ANTONIO -- One is a black real estate agent and the other a white millionaire. For two new districts created to reflect Texas' soaring Hispanic po...
Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2012
Of course, there are Latino libertarians out there. But in general, talking Hispanics into espousing the Ron Paul agenda is only slightly easier than getting the pope to show up at the Stonewall Inn for a drink.
AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 05.28.2012
MIAMI -- Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach blac...
HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.27.2012
Florida officials made it clear Friday that the state will continue to purge as many as 182,000 suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls -...
Ange-Marie Hancock | Posted 05.26.2012
America is changing and we need to know how. By voting to cut off funding for the American Community Survey, the Republican majority in the Congress has sought to complement its current "do-nothing" approach with a "know-nothing" information base.
The Huffington Post | Andrea Long Chavez | Posted 05.25.2012
On Wednesday, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney gave a speech on the nation’s educational c...
Washington Post | Posted 05.24.2012
New data from an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll that show President Obama leading former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney by 34 points among Hispanics...
Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012
* Republican candidate to address Latino group in Washington * Romney faces huge deficit with this key voting bloc * Whi...
Algernon Austin | Posted 05.22.2012
If Latinos are to fully recover from the ravages of the Great Recession, they will need not simply jobs, but jobs that lead to increased earnings over time and that also have good benefits. In short, they will need what we call "good jobs."
Heath Brown | Posted 05.21.2012
The number of Asians in the country is on the rise. Will this group of voters be courted by candidates to the same extent as other constituencies?
Glenn Llopis | Posted 05.21.2012
Hispanics in America influence the future of the US economy yet this conversation remains quiet as corporations grow more uncomfortable with this time-sensitive issue. But the numbers speak for themselves.
José Fernando López | Posted 05.21.2012
Independently of its importance and the fact that some analysts think otherwise, civil rights, in my opinion, won't be a central issue in the voters' decision. All points toward the economy will continue being the dominant issue among voters, Hispanics included.
HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.14.2012
In the 1940s, when Monica Cruz's grandfather tried to register to vote, officials in Los Fresnos, the small South Texas town where he lived, demanded ...
The Huffington Post | Andrea Long Chavez | Posted 05.11.2012
Ever since President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage this week, there has been a lot of discussion about how much political risk the ...
Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.10.2012
At this moment, in our land, it is time for the true champions of the 99 percent to launch the largest voter registration, mobilization and turnout campaign in the history of freedom.
Posted 05.08.2012
This weekend, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inducted retired NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz -- the first Latino inductee. "I receive this hon...
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.08.2012
I would rather call myself an American. But if you press me, if you really want me to adopt a label, for the sake of equality and freedom I will tell you: I am white.
Posted 05.07.2012
Has voter registration among Latinos and African-Americans gone up or down since the 2008 election? Considering how important these two voting blo...
Kristian Ramos | Posted 05.07.2012
While some may disagree with this analysis, even a casual observer can see that the Romney campaign has put zero thought into their Hispanic outreach.
Posted 05.05.2012
Although Cinco de Mayo is arguably more of a U.S. fiesta than a Mexican affair -- (it is observed nationwide in the U.S., but only rarely outside of t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.03.2012
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama celebrated the contributions of Hispanic Americans Thursday at a Cinco de Mayo reception in the White House Rose ...
Jim Noles | Posted 05.03.2012
Truth be told, I like ice-cold Corona as much as the next guy. And if the party happens to fall on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in May, so much the better. Nevertheless, if we let the light-hearted celebration obscure the origins, then we do the day a disservice.
AP | Posted 05.03.2012
NEW YORK — PBS said Wednesday it is preparing a six-hour documentary series on the history of Latinos in the United States, set to air in the fa...
David J. Cross | Posted 05.31.2012