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Comentarios from Maria: For Latinos, Climate Change is a Priority

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In recent years, Latinos have seen firsthand how climate change and natural disasters have intensified across the world. The Latino community, being one of the demographic groups most affected by climate change, is very concerned about how this affects us and future generations. That’s why my work with Voces Verdes, a national organization of Latino […]

Guest Blogger: Jose Aristimuño “Venezuela’s fight is far from over”

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Ever since Venezuela’s National Youth Day on February 12th, students in the coutry of Venezuela have been protesting their frustrations with the country’s national government and their incapicity to deal with the country’s problems such as record high levels of insecurity, record inflation levels (estimated to be close to 56.2%), a corrupt legal system and […]

Guest Blogger: Janet Murguia “By Ignoring Lessons Of 2012, GOP Is Driving Latino Voters Further Away”

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It was exactly a year ago that the Republican National Committee (RNC) released an assessment of its resounding defeat in the 2012 election, known as the “autopsy report.”  That soul-searching piece rightly laid the defeat of Mitt Romney at the feet of the party’s profound disconnect with anyone outside its “core constituencies,” including young people, […]

Comentarios from Maria: A Year after the Republican National Committee’s ‘Autopsy’, their Brand Continues to Fall to the Floor

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Last year, after receiving the beating the Republicans did in the 2012 elections, the Republican National Committee (RNC) published a report entitled The Growth and Opportunity Project where the party highlighted the need to implement structural changes if they were to have a chance to win the White House in 2016. Among those changes, the […]

Guest Blogger: Kristian Ramos “Unlocking The Power Of Broadband Throughout Our New America”

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My brother, a young millennial, is devoted to his mobile device. He connects to social networks, videogames, and apps anywhere, anytime. He uses it to check sports scores, to buy movie tickets, and when it suits him, to ignore the rest of his family at the dinner table. My younger brother is representative of the […]

Guest Blogger: Dakar Lanzino “Gloria Abajo el Pueblo: El futuro de Venezuela está en las manos de los Venezolanos”

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Hay un dicho que dice: Cada país tiene el presidente que se merece. Por 14 años, el “Comandante de la Republica” Hugo Chavez Frías estuvo en el poder y cuando falleció, fue reemplazado por  el ahora Presidente, Nicolas Maduro, un personaje que no heredo la visión de Chavez con respecto al socialismo del siglo 21, […]

Dialogue on Diversity Celebrates Women’s History Month

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        Dialogue on Diversity, an organization focused on the social and political advancement of women and men from diverse cultural, ethnic and national traditions, will host “Women: The Community – XXI Century Struggles for Equity” a Public Policy Forum in celebration of Women’s History Month. Presented by the American Federation of Teachers […]