Tag Archives: President Obama
Our Beloved World: A Bronx Latina Attends Sotomayor Book Signing
January 28, 2013
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Last Wednesday I could not stop telling everyone who would listen that I was going to listen to Sonia Sotomayor speak at El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan. It was going to be so cool. And then I got the Read More...
Inauguration 2013: Our Nation Celebrated, Now We Get to Work
January 23, 2013
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Washington, DC The nation’s capital is crowded but with only a fraction of the spectators who in 2009 braved colder temperatures to witness the inauguration of the first African-American president. Back then, the country was weary of two wars and Read More...
VIDEO: Inauguration 2013: What Latinos Expect from President Obama
January 22, 2013
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As I spoke with Latinos throughout the weekend, I felt that something is different: a consciousness of our growing political clout is just starting to settle in after November. Hispanics voting in historic numbers formed the key component of the Read More...
Eva Longoria, Latino Stars Celebrate the Inauguration and the Arts in the Nation’s Capitol
January 21, 2013
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I had to get “celebrity-ready” to work my first red carpet at the Latino Inaugural Ball at the Kennedy Center. Make up. Check. Dress. Check. Miss Texas hair. Check. Photographer extraordinaire Tricia O. Ortiz. Check. I had stiff competition–behind the Read More...
¡Quick! What’s in the Constitución: Advise and Consent OR Stick It To Him?
January 11, 2013
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Let’s look at President Obama’s nominations: Massachusetts senior Senator John Kerry to the Department of State to replace Hillary Clinton. Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, ¡Virgen Santísima!–a REPUBLICAN (!) as Secretary of Defense. John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Read More...
President Obama’s Missing Latino Senior Administration
January 10, 2013
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Update: U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solís resigned soon after this was published. She tweeted: ### Soon after President Obama’s re-election, rumors of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s replacement started flying. Mr. Obama settled on Massachusetts senior Senator John Kerry. Other Read More...
Viviana on the O’Reilly Factor: Viewers Have Your Say
December 21, 2012
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After I appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, my inbox flooded with mix of comments: some good points from all sides; false accusations of being a Republican AND others of being a Democrat; name-calling, i.e. “sell-out” sent by someone who created an Read More...
Latino Voters: ¿Obama Claus or Mitt Romney?
November 16, 2012
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Does anyone remember the iconic ”Don’t Speak?” scenes in Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” when Dianne Wiest orders John Cusack’s to be quiet? No one likes to be chiteado, especially women and Latinas. For good reason: in many contexts, our voices and Read More...
