Tag Archives: Election 2012
Open Letter to Ann Romney
July 13, 2012
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Dear Mrs. Romney, Like millions of women, I watched First Lady Michelle Obama rock it as she sat down with Latina mothers for a chat sponsored by the Hispanic mom lifestyle-focused website Mamiverse. I thought, when will your husband’s campaign Read More...
Take It Offfff!!! Who Said Election 2012 Isn’t Sexy?
July 12, 2012
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It’s provocative, especially when arguably the strongest asset in a campaign is deployed. That happened when First Lady Michelle Obama sat down with Latina mothers for a friendly chat sponsored by Hispanic mom lifestyle-focused website Mamiverse. That it was a first Read More...
Latino Voters: The (In)Visible Political Giants?
July 10, 2012
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About one year ago, I was advocating for more mainstream news coverage of the Latino vote. The 2010 U.S. Census confirmed what most of us who are Hispanic knew: our population had grown to 50 million or 16 percent of Read More...
What the Healthcare Ruling and the Civil Rights Era Greats Have in Common
July 2, 2012
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It’s not every day that the Supreme Court hands down a ruling that could end up determining a court’s legacy. It’s also not everyday that I am invited to guest host NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin. Click here to Read More...
“Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” or Latino Voters Explained in One Song
June 20, 2012
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Kitchen tables is where family budgets are stretched next to clipped coupons or if you’re digitally savvy like Cuponeando‘s Yoly Mason, bar-scanned into her smartphone. Growing up we had a round table which held in its unbroken circle my dreams, Read More...
The Urgency of Presente
June 19, 2012
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I wish I was the Ezra Klein kind of writer who is fabled to churn out witty, incisive, and relevant copy in 20 minutes. Until this weekly politics column I write for Latina Magazine. I wrote it one day before President Read More...
Candidate Impulso: Cristina’s or the Economy’s?
June 18, 2012
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Cristina Saralegui, better known to Latinos simply as “Cristina” is Spanish-language TV’s Oprah. Her popular talk show El show de Cristina for 21 years beginning in 1989 made her beloved among U.S. Hispanics who felt no one was speaking to them Read More...
The Latino Vote: Checkmate President Obama
June 15, 2012
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“About damn time!” is what @Evelyn posted on The Wise Latina Club’s Facebook page after the breaking news that the Obama Administration will not just stop deporting DREAMers but that they will be given work permits. About 800,000 illegal immigrants over Read More...
