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New online map shows aspiring Latino politicians which races they could win

LatinaLista — It’s said that the only way to change a culture is to change it from within. What better way than to change the rampant racism and insensitivity towards Latinos in U.S. politics than to...

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Trump’s executive order ending immigrant family separation doesn’t address...

LatinaLista — President Donald Trump signed today, under duress, an executive order to stop separating immigrant families. However, this order does not address reunifying families. The ongoing trauma...

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Guest Voz: A tight Texas Senate race exposes the true meaning of political...

By Dr. Edward T. Rincón LatinaLista The first debate between Senator Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke was intensive and covered many issues of substance to Texas voters. Interestingly, news coverage of the...

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A midterm election unlike others calls for new rules for electoral analysis

by Dr. G.S. Potter LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following article originally appeared at StrategyCamp)   The November 2018 Midterm Elections will be like no other in modern American history. We need...

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October 10, 2019

As if Trump wasn’t busy enough inflicting pain on the world, he now takes aim at DREAMers and wants the Supreme Court to listen to him; Speaking of Trump, the news network he considered his personal...

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New report offers in-depth analysis on women’s place in politics — now and in...

LatinaLista — Women rule — when it comes to voter turnout. Over the last few years, women voters have consistently turned out at higher rates than men. As has been the case in the last five midterm...

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October 14, 2019

Say “the wall” these days and most everyone’s thoughts go to our southern border. So much injustice, heartache and harm has been and is being done and it’s not stopping; Most people know we shouldn’t...

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October 17, 2019

This morning, we sadly learn of the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings. He was a familiar face leading the fight to make Trump accountable for his words and actions. Rep. Cummings had a historical role in...

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October 22, 2019

From Day One, Trump has continuously dumbfounded, shocked, numbed, appalled – you get the idea. Now, some smart journalists have compiled an interesting list of Trump’s first 1,000 days. Warning: it...

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October 24, 2019

U.S. immigration policy continues to be source of shame. The latest revelations about teen immigrants and a Marine Corps vet should be enough to make people realize that the term ‘immigrant’ is not an...

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October 28, 2019

Fans attending the latest World Series game had someone more to boo at than the umpire. And the crowd erupted into chants of “Lock him up” to boot; Recycling plant wants to get kids to do this with...

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November 19, 2019

A new Washington Post report finds that there are less deportations under Trump than there was under Obama. Yet, that headline is deceiving considering that Trump admin has created numerous immigration...

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December 13, 2019

By now, we know that Boris Johnson has won the UK election. It’s another signal of how the world order is changing. But then again, some things never change. Like Trump’s juvenile jealousy rearing its...

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New generation of Venezuelan liberators born — using social media for change

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista   Politicians come and go, a normal and healthy dynamic in any country. Yet in Venezuela, all the usual rules have, without a doubt, been broken. In 20 years and...

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July 20, 2020

More economists are alerting the nation to all the inequities this particular recession is laying bare. From unequal opportunities in wealth-building to inequality in healthcare access, the notion that...

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September 2, 2020

According to Dr. Fauci, we have entered a new “Age of Pandemics.” Yet, people are still skeptical of COVID-19 death rates. One cognitive scientist explains how that’s possible; US government is pushing...

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September 9, 2020

This morning, several headlines tout the soft support Biden has among some Latinos. One of the latest polls shows Biden lagging Trump among Florida Latinos, in particular. However, the Biden campaign...

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September 14, 2020

Historically, a presidential campaign centers on what that person will do differently to make the country better for everyone. Not the Trump campaign. It’s clear from his multiple Fox interviews that...

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September 17, 2020

With so much doubt being cast on voting by mail, it’s important to arm ourselves with as much information as possible; Why did ICE try and deport a woman who reported being give a hysterectomy without...

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September 18, 2020

Well, the Trump administration’s efforts to halt immigration into the country is seeing the fruits of their labor — to the detriment of cities; Academics admit American society teaches everyone to be a...

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