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What Does An Obama Administration Mean for Latinos?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Latino Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, American Dream Act, Barack Obama, Immigration Policy, Obama Latinos, Obama Transition, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Did this salsa-flavored version of Obama-mania develop because we Latinos believe that the President-elect will be good for Hispanic interests?

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Marriage Equality: A Cup Half Full

Gautam Dutta | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, African-American Voters, California Gay Marriage, Asian American Voters, California, Latino Voters, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Asian Americans, African Americans, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, White Voters, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

Marriage should be sacred, not a political prop. We need to put another initiative on the ballot -- this time to undo Prop 8.

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Mexicans says "Obamanos"

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Obamanos, U.S. Election, Immigration, Election Reaction, Mexico, Obama Victory, San Miquel De Allende, Obama Election Day, Obama Wins, Obama Latinos, Obama Immigration, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, Election Results, 2008 Presidential Election, Presidential Results, Latino Voters, Obama Mexican Supporters, Obama Mexico, Politics News
Jeannie Ralston

"Obamanos" is a bit of political Spanglish seen on bumper stickers in states with large Hispanic populations that translates -- in essence, not literally -- to "let's go Obama."

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Powerful New American Vote Trumps Nativist Dogma

Angela Kelley | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, 2008 Elections, Hate Crimes, Latino Vote, Barack Obama Latinos, 2008 Presidential Race, Immigration, 2008 Election, Voting, Politics News
Angela Kelley

Latinos are fighting back with the power of their vote and many fall into the category of New Americans.

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Fight Crime, Ban Symbols

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Insignias, Latinos, U.S. District Court, Swastikas, Crime, Ghenghis Kan, Free Speech, Seizure, Drugs, Logos, Gangs, Los Angeles, Racketeering, Murder, Freedom of Speech, Court Order, Trafficking, Injunction, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, Fashion, Convictions, Symbols, Motorcycle Gangs, Mongolian, Mongols, Media News
Suzette Standring

A patch, label or logo does not a murderer make. Let's not start down a road where in time the government gets into the business of controlling tee-shirt slogans.

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Hundreds of Somali Muslims Fired for Praying

Frankie Martin | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Latinos, Grand Island, Latin America, Nebraska, Politics, Somalia, United States, Meatpacking, Somali Workers, Consitutional Right Religion, Barack Obama, Freedom of Religion, JBS Swift Meat Co., Obsession Movie, Greeley Colorado, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, Jbs, Politics News
Frankie Martin

Some Somali workers requested a bathroom break and would secretly pray during the time allotted. The management suspected that they went not to the bathroom but to pray and were fired.

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A State of Disenchantment

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Latinos, Wind Power, Los Alamos, Nuclear Waste, Renewable Electricity Standard, Mccain, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Heritage, Nuclear Waste New Mexico, Hispanics, Nuclear, Albuquerque, Radioactive Waste, Renewable, Environment, Chevron, Carlsbad, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

Because of its extraordinary number of sun hours per year and its predominant winds, New Mexico could be turned into an El Dorado of clean, alternative, renewable energy.

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Cesar Chavez at the Root of Obama's Campaign: Grassroots Latino Voter Outreach

Randy Shaw | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Yes We Can, Obama National Latino Advisory Council, California Primary, Strategy, California, Miguel Contreras, "Camp Obamas, Primary, Outreach, Los Angeles, " Eliseo Medina, 2008 Election, Obama Campaign, Obama Supporters, Cesar Chavez, Nonviolence, Marshall Ganz, Latino Voters, 1968, Organizing Drives, Fast for Our Future, Sharon Delugach, Door-to-Door Campaigning, UFW, Si Se Puede, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, On the Ground, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Randy Shaw

If Barack Obama's campaign wins on November 4th, LA should be identified as the birthplace of the grassroots voter outreach strategy that dramatically changed the political course of the US.

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Start Cramming Now - Let's Test Everybody for Citizenship

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Hispanic, John McCain, Constitutional Amendments, Constitutional Law, U.S. Constitution, 2008 Presidential Race, Citizenship, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

The citizenship test asks people things like, "Why do some states have more representatives in Congress?" I find it difficult to believe that this is a harmful thing for citizens to know.

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Latinos Ready to Make the Difference in Battleground States

Arturo Vargas | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Battleground States, Latinos, Battleground States, Latino Voters, Obama Battleground States, Obama Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Politics News
Arturo Vargas

A new survey confirms that the outcome in some of those battleground states may be decided by Latino voters turning out in record numbers.

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How Many Mexicans Live In Alaska?

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration, Palin, Sarah Palin, Latinos, Latino Voters, Mexicans, Inexperience, Mexico, Hispanic Voters, Election 2008, Alaska, Hispanic Population, Home News
Pablo Manriquez

The American voter -- and in particular, the Hispanic-American voter -- should demand that Sarah Palin articulate her position on immigration policy, and on any other policies she has thus far failed to address.

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The Religious Left is As Big As The Religious Right

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanics, Religion, Immigration, Twelve Tribes, Latinos, Religious Right, Religious Left, Politics News
Steven Waldman

In 2004, it occurred to us at Beliefnet that most of the media viewed the religious-political landscape as having two groups: The Religious Right and ...

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Omnipotent -- The Slowly Dwindling Power of Religion

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Latinos, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Hispanic, Religion, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

At this point in history, is the net effect of religion in general (and Catholicism on Latino culture specifically) a positive? My belief is that it ultimately does more harm than good.

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Obama Still Making Up Lost Ground With Latinos

Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Latinos, Obama Latino Voters, Obama Hispanics, Clinton Hispanic Voters, Obama Hispanic Voters, Obama Chinese Americans, Obama African Americans, Barack Obama, Obama Clinton Latinos, Democratic Convention, Home News
Feet In Two Worlds

"Obama basically gave up the Latino vote in the primaries to Hillary Clinton...and there's a struggle now to bring voters around. Latinos are going back to the Democratic Party but simply because they don't like the way things are going in the country."

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The Year of the Latino?

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Latino Voters, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

The question for me is not if Latinos and African Americans "can" collaborate -- the question is how do we move forward even more forcefully united after a divisive period.

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Something Is Rotten at the EPA

Javier Sierra | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Energy, Gas Prices, Environmental Protection Agency, Javier Sierra, Epa, Environment, Stephen Johnson, Renewable Energy, Henry Waxman, Hispanics, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Green News
Javier Sierra

The EPA is charged with keeping our communities safe from environmental degradation, something we Latinos know first hand. Sixty-six percent of us live dangerously close to a toxic site.

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Where Are Those Babies? We Must Have Babies!

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Hispanic, Population Growth, Child Birth Rate, Children, Living News
Daniel Cubias

Hispanics are more likely than many Americans to back up the phrase "family values" with something approximating an actual valuation of family.

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Grab Your Maracas and Come With Me

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Latinos, Hispanic, Music, Tom Waits, Entertainment News
Daniel Cubias

Unless I'm missing something (and feel free to educate me), there is no music specifically associated with the Hispanic American, like hip-hop with black people. But is this such a bad thing?

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John McCain: Citizen of the US?

Gautam Dutta | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, Latino Politics, Obama McCain, Asian Americans, Barack Obama Asians, McCain Eligibility, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Natural Born Citizen, McCain Birthplace Eligibility, Immigration Policy, Diversity, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

The Constitution must be amended so that all naturalized citizens (including McCain) can also seek the White House.

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Blacks, Latinos With Identical Credit Far More Likely Than Whites To Receive Subprime Loans

Washington Independent | Mary Kane | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Blacks Subprime Mortgage, Latinos, Blacks Latinos Housing Crisis, Housing Crisis Race, Blacks, Housing Crisis, Race, Latinos Subprime Mortgage, Business News

When troubled borrower Diane McLeod's debt problems made the front page of The New York Times earlier this week, she ignited a debate over borrowers, ...

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"Tony" Goes Home to the Heights

Lauren J. Rivera | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Latinos, In the Heights, Tony Awards, 2008 Tony Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Entertainment News
Lauren J. Rivera

As much as we wanted to pretend In the Heights would be seen the same as any other show on Broadway, us Latinos were crossing our fingers in hopes it would make it past any ethnicity barriers -- and it did.

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Clinton Won't Do Much for Obama as VP or on the Campaign Trail

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Blue Collar Workers, Church Hagel, Sam Nunn, Barack Obama, Repoublicans, Jim Webb, Campaign, General Election, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ultraconservatives, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Clinton is a team player and while she won't get the VP nod, she'll hit the trail for Obama. Top Democrats will cheer her for it. Just be advised it won't do or mean much to or for him.

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On Earth Day, Let's Talk About Environmental Injustice

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Earth Day 2008, Environmental Justice, Earth Day, Climate Change, Global Warming, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics News
Rep. Joe Baca

It is a shame that people of color continue to bear an unjust, disproportionate burden, while contributing significantly to the American mosaic.

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Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero

Jon Wiener | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Latinos, election2008, Obama, California Primary, Offthebus, Barack Obama Latino Vote, Barack Obama California Primary, Barack Obama Latinos, Barack Obama Latino Voters California, Barack Obama California Get Out the Vote, Hillary Clinton California Primary, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Hispanic Vote, 2008 Election, Home News
Jon Wiener

The Obama campaign, intent on taking some of the crucial Latino vote in California away from Hillary Clinton, organized a daylong door-to-door canvas ...

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Marc Cooper

Watch Obama's and Clinton's Top Latino Supporters Talk Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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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...

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