Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up
By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...
By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
An Arizona RNC official called a Tucson conservative talk radio program last week and told a Arizona Democratic County Chairperson to "ask the brown people" to learn about local crime.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
I expected the neocons to get upset over the census. What surprised me is that some Latino groups have joined people like noted nutjob Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in calling for a boycott.
McClatchy | William Douglas | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Immigration, an issue placed on the congressional backburner by attempts to revamp the nation's health care system, is percolating again as Republican...
Liz Neumark | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.
AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
LONG BEACH, Calif. — When Teresa Ocampo opens her census questionnaire, she won't have to worry about navigating another document in English. T...
Wayne Trujillo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Denver
At present, the anti-immigration faction of the GOP has antagonized Hispanics and alienated independents, presenting a public face of the party with its most prominent features being intolerance and intemperance.
Laura Chapin | Posted 09.18.2009 | Denver
Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
Hispanics account for more minutes used and for a higher percentage of cell-phone ownership than other ethnic groups, despite their comparatively lower incomes.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home
My family told my grandmother smokers were taking a grave risk, analogous to stealing a car in broad daylight.
The American Prospect | Adam Serwer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Last week, over 8,000 people lined up to be treated by medical volunteers at the Forum stadium in Inglewood, California. It was a rare moment of visib...
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
Suffering from a series of unexpected and unexplainable defeats, Republicans are likely to go off on a prolonged period of silence and eventually die for lack of political support.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago
I'm not a fan of pandering for pandering's sake, but someone addressing you with words they're unfamiliar and maybe a little uncomfortable with shows not only respect, but warmth.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
Now that the Beer Summit has resolved any lingering issues over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, we can get back to our perfectly harmonious post-racial society. I, for one, am relieved.
Dolores Huerta | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
The Right never expressed disapproval over rulings by Scalia and other conservatives who concur with Sotomayor, underscoring how disingenuous attacks by the NRA and its allies have been.
John Ridley | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics
MartÃnez's move can been seen as another accomplished person of color flipping a metaphorical middle finger at all the Republicans have devolved into: The party of the "angry white voter."
Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Lack of diversity and a long history of racial intolerance has taken its toll on the Republican brand with the fastest growing non-white part of the population: Hispanics.
The New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.25.2009 | Media
***UPDATE 7/26*** A Fox News spokesperson has some harsh words for Rick Sanchez in response to his tweets criticizing the cable news network: Everyon...
Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.
Kamala Lopez | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics
What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.
Mike Lux | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
The fundamental problem for Texas Democrats will not be solved until the political class there and nationally finally does something about the elephant in the room.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
You will not catch me dissing Schoolhouse Rock. Like all good Gen Xers, I grew up with the infectious tones of the Saturday morning series permeating...
AdWeek | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media
NEW YORK The U.S. Hispanic Internet population is young, vibrant and growing -- in numbers, broadband connections and time spent online. In 2009, t...
Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
For the most part, we Hispanics simply want others to know that we are part of U.S. culture. Any Latino who has ever been told, "You look American" knows what I'm talking about.
HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green