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Election 2012: The Mami Wars
May 1, 2012
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My friends call me Sah-rah Palín–the Latina Sarah Palin–because I am so critical of the “mainstream media” as it concerns the lack of diversity, especially at the decision-making level. The Mommy Wars debate reignited by Hilary Rosen‘s comment on CNN that Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: Forever Young, or Not
April 27, 2012
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Desencanto–the profound disillusionment we feel when someone lets us down, when innocence is lost, when the rose-colored glasses or beer googles are yanked off. Latinos have felt this way about President Barack Obama for a while, as I have extensively Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: Can the Republican Party Become a “Latino” Party?
April 26, 2012
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I was chatting with #TwitterBrotherFromAnotherMother since we may be teaming up on a voter registration drive/civic engagement effort and we got to talking about the big elefante político in the Election 2012 room. Is the GOP writing off Hispanics in November? Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: “Latino” Democratic National Convention
April 9, 2012
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I wasn’t one of the ¡Órales! you heard when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was named the chair of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. ¿Por qué? Well, it wasn’t always that way. Back in the 90s, I was Read More...
Civics Clase: On Primary Day, Why I’m an Independent Voter
April 4, 2012
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2012 District of Columbia Primary, I’m ready: License: check Passport (in case I need back up government-issued ID): check Voter Registration Card: check 2012 D.C. Primary Guide (read, of course): check So you can imagine my surprise when I showed Read More...
In Fox News Latino: Supreme Court Health Care Showdown: Conflicting Views Reflect Deep Partisan Divide
March 29, 2012
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I covered the day President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act–as it is called–into law. Just months in office, he had succeeded where political heavy weights had spectacularly failed, notably President Bill Clinton and the “Liberal Lion” of the Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: Can Barack Obama Run on His Record With Latino Voters?
February 16, 2012
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Checa my record. In our 24/7 information culture where things come at us at the speed of light and in 140 characters or less, check my record is kind of an quaint concept, ¿no? along the lines of: “Yes I’ll Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Are Politicians Afraid to Speak Spanish?
February 6, 2012
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Are Políticos scared of speaking español or flap the labios on ”Latino issues” (¡psssttt!: We care about “American issues”–jobs AND immigration–because we’re American, too)? Let’s play a game: who said what. Can you match… On the DREAMers: “Send me a law that gives them the Read More...
