Tag Archives: politics
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...
TMM Guest Host Day 1: Serious About Syria, Saving for Freelancers, Romney’s Woman & Latino Problema
April 13, 2012
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Until recently, I was always a generalist and in Washington, DC, this is a problem given that as a reporter, you need to own a beat–sources and stories to break news. So I focused on my passion and made it 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...
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...
Are Latinos Racist? TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin Talks About Trayvon Martin’s Killing
March 23, 2012
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Are only white people racistas? Do blacks “own” a form of racism: reverse racism? Is it “ironic” (lamest use of this word I read in the blogosphere) that George Zimmerman, the self-appointed, unauthorized-by-the-subdivision, one-man-neighborhood-watch vigilante who shot and killed 17 Read More...
On Sirius XM’s P.O.T.U.S Radio: No Latino Vote
March 20, 2012
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¿Que quééé? Yup, heard me right. There is no Latino vote. Think about it. More than 50 million Hispanics call America home and although we’re concentrated in Florida, California, Texas, and New York, we’re actually everywhere. Even in the “unlikeliest” Read More...
In Latina Magazine: Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Latino Problem?
March 15, 2012
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“¡Psst! Los republicanos don’t like Latinos, ¿no?” “Pues you’re wrong. I’m conservadora. It’s just the candidates want to be Presidente and they’re trying to get there by making the Tea Party happy.” The tiki tiki on the streets since the debates started is that the Read More...
