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When Pros are Cons and Cons are Pros: GOP VP Pick Paul Ryan
August 14, 2012
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Mitt Romney was so overcome with emotion while introducing Paul Ryan as his running mate to challenge President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in November, that he bellowed, “the next President of the United States!” Once the snark Read More...
Should Gun Control Become a Campaign Issue?
July 26, 2012
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The senseless violence in Aurora, Colorado after James Holmes allegedly shot and killed twelve movie goers there for a midnight premier of The Dark Knight Rises has many Americans calling for drastically tighter gun laws. Except President Obama and likely Read More...
Election 2012: George Lopez v. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Missed Opportunity
July 19, 2012
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When George Lopez in his HBO special went on an “f” word rapid-fire tirade after “getting political”, many of us didn’t get upset because our culture has desensitized us to this kind of language. Whether it’s a live comedy performance Read More...
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...
“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...
