Faced now with an incredible opportunity to reform health care, we must ensure we are on the right side of history and our truest values of inclusion.
Paul Loeb | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
If you read the liberal blogosphere, you know about Senator Sessions's history of dubious racial statements. If you're following on most of the mainstream media, you don't.
Frank Sharry | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
Mr. President, with so many challenges facing America, is it too much to tackle immigration reform this year?
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics
One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
As she faces a host of hostile questions in her confirmation hearings, Sotomayor should remember one thing: it is not she who will be on trial, but the Republican Party.
Adele Stan | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Is Charlie Crist the face of a new Republican Party, or a harbinger of the GOP's demise? He's handsome, personable and popular: a dream candidate for...
Frank Sharry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
If the raging debate this week over kids health care is any indication, the GOP's new Hispanic Outreach Team must be locked in the closet, bound, and gagged.
Angela Kelley | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
Latinos are fighting back with the power of their vote and many fall into the category of New Americans.
Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
In all likelihood, Obama will still win the Latino vote in a couple of weeks, and commentators will trip over themselves explaining how the Latino population was the deciding factor in the election.
Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home
A cutout of Barack Obama at a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Denver last month (Getty Images) New Mexico took center stage over the weeken...
Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home
In Nevada, Bush bested Kerry by 21,000 votes in 2004, when Republicans held a 5,000 voter advantage in registrations. Today, Democrats command a 76,000 lead in registered voters.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
Outside of the Pepsi Convention Center are hundreds of immigrant rights groups planning a major mobilization this Thursday -- the day of Obama's acceptance speech.
Susan Grant | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home
Inside at the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference, John McCain deflects criticism that he's backpedaled on comprehensive immigration reform. Outside, pro- and anti-immigration activists duke it out in the streets.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
McCain and Obama's failure to denounce the atrocities committed by the governments of Colombia and Mexico may signal that neither will be the "change" candidate when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America.
Claudia Cruz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Not every New Yorker supports their hometown politician. Mr. Luis Cordova, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency.
Andrew Gumbel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Already Obama has subverted expectations by being a contender in California at all.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
At Thursday's town hall meeting in Los Angeles, Mitchell Schwartz, the head of Obama's California Campaign, was jubilant. "The latest Rasmussen Poll ...
Matt Townsend | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
"Obama inspires me. He's black. I'm Hispanic. I'm a minority. Now I think I have a chance too," said Mejia, who took vacation days Thursday and Friday to volunteer for Clinton. "But do I believe he has experience or backbone? No."
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are engaged in a fierce battle to capture the crucial emerging Latino vote during next week's s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...
Claudia Cruz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Vacations to Southern Florida usually involve visits to the beach, bike or boat rides through alligator territory, or day cruises to the Bahamas. Sel...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Hillary Clinton has her mojo back. She's been hitting at the top of her game in the West in California and Nevada, and if the Saturday morning caucus...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Recently, I spent a day searching for the Obama-tized with volunteers for the campaign's "Walk For Barack" California Canvassing to Latino Communities Weekend.
Deepak Bhargava | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics