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Latino Voters Favor Gun Restrictions
March 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The grim statistics and on-going stories about children, men and women killed by guns in America have led many to conclude that enough is enough; something must to be done to curb the senseless loss of lives gun violence. That something needs to be done is without controversy as Americans across the ideological divide desire safer communities continue reading »
White House Director of Hispanic Media, Luis Miranda, Stepping Down
March 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The White House has announced that Luis Miranda, the White House director of Hispanic media, is stepping down to rejoin the public sector. Miranda was part of Obama's historic election campaign in 2008. continue reading »
El Paso’s Raymond Telles Dies - 1st Big-City Latino Mayor and U.S. Ambassador
March 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Latino political pioneer Raymond Telles has died at age 97. Telles was the first elected Latino to serve as Mayor of a major city - El Paso, Texas and he was also the first Latino to serve as a U.S. Ambassador. continue reading »
INFOGRAPHIC: America’s New Minority, The Writing is on the Fence for the GOP
March 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff
With the United States' changing demographics, whites will drop under 50% of the population in the 2040s. Every Republican Presidential candidate since 1968 has won the white vote, but with the population shift can the GOP compete? continue reading »
Obama Considers Thomas Perez for Labor Secretary Position
March 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff
U.S. President Barack Obama is considering the Hispanic Thomas Perez, now assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, as the next secretary of labor, administration sources said. continue reading »
White House Regrets Canceling Guided Tours Due to Cutbacks
March 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The White House regretted having to cancel the public's access to guided tours of the presidential mansion due to the $85 billion in cutbacks that took effect last week as part of the so-called sequester, and blamed it on Congress. continue reading »
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush New Book on Immigration - No Citizenship for Undocumented
March 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff
In immigration news, the former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush has outlined his thoughts on comprehensive immigration reform in his new book and he is not for granting citizenship to the estimated 11 million undocumented already in the country. continue reading »
Is It Time For A New Voting Rights Act?
March 3, 2013 | by NewsTaco
For all of the anticipation leading up to the Voting Rights challenge at the U. S. Supreme Court there are a couple of things that bubbled to the surface and that are worth noting in it’s wake: Justice Scalia’s “racial entitlement” comment and the idea that maybe we’re better off with judicial creative destruction, where Section 5 is struck down to make room for a new, more comprehensive voting rights enforcement code. continue reading »
Obama Reluctantly Orders $85 bn in Budget Cuts
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff
U.S. President Barack Obama reluctantly ordered the launch of $85 billion in budget cuts over the remainder of fiscal year 2013 after efforts by the White House and Congress to avert them failed. continue reading »
A Deep Dive: Losing the Latino Vote
March 2, 2013 | by NewsTaco
This isn’t being talked about very loudly in Latino political circles, in fact, it hasn’t been talked about loudly for a long time. But it has been acknowledged and mulled over by many people for many years. continue reading »
INFOGRAPHIC: The Growth of the Latino Electorate in Key States
March 1, 2013 | by center for american progress
Latino voters made a remarkable difference in the 2012 elections, and given the Latino population's rapid growth, its political influence will likely be greater in the 2014 and 2016 elections. continue reading »
NAACP Presents Oral Argument Urging the Supreme Court to Uphold the Voting Rights Act
February 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Today, Debo P. Adegbile of the NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) presented oral argument on behalf of defendant-intervenors in the Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, one of the most important continue reading »
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Today Supreme Court Hears Voters Rights v State Rights – Who Wins?
February 27, 2013 | by Jake Grovum for Pew States
Today the Supreme Court will heart the case on the viability of certain part of the Voting Rights Act and whether states have the rights to impose limitations on it. continue reading »
Adolfo Carrion Hopes to Become First Latino Mayor of New York City
February 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Former Bronx borough president and veteran Democrat Adolfo Carrion will run for mayor of New York as an independent candidate. In an interview with Efe, he said he is aware of the political ris continue reading »
Obama Administration Looks to Make Law Banning Gay Marriage Unconstitutional
February 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The government of President Barack Obama asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to find unconstitutional the federal law that defines marriage as "the union of one man and one woman" when it rules on the issue next June. continue reading »
