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Comentarios from Maria: It’s Time to Enroll in Obamacare Before March 31

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March 31 is the last day that Latinos can enroll in Obamacare during its first term of enrollment. With two weeks left, have you registered? I applaud those who have registered, but for those who have not, my question to them is, why not? The law offers health coverage to more than 10.2 million Latinos […]

Comentarios from Maria: GOP’s Problems With Diversity Are More Skin Deep

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The GOP has a diversity and communications problem, and the solution is not as easy as they make it out to be. Many leaders have admitted the problem exists, including Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, who published a recent op-ed in this space entitled, “For GOP Diversity, Look to the States.” But Republicans are delusional if they […]

Guest Blogger: Adrianna Quintero “From Farms to Solar Farms: Women Are Leading the Fight on Climate Change”

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On March 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day, so it’s only fitting to also celebrate some of the many ways that women are helping to solve one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. It is well-recognized that in many ways, climate change disproportionately impacts women. However, from farms to solar farms, women around […]

SXAméricas Brings Latinos’ Best to SXSW

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      South by Southwest, or as its commonly  known by, SXSW, has become one of the premier annual festivals that brings the most popular and up-and-coming artists in music, film, and the digital world together to showcase the latest and greatest in their respective fields. At this year’s festival, SXSW is launching South […]

Comentarios from Maria: The GOP’s Hypocrisy Regarding Immigration Reform

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The truth is that in recent months we have seen how low Republican leaders in Congress are willing to go. The latest accusations from Speaker of the House, John Boehner, blaming the President for Congress’ inaction on immigration reform, shows how desperate the Republican leadership is and how they are running out of excuses to […]

The GOP “Latino Problem,” in One Snapshot

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By Victor Landa, NewsTaco One picture, posted Thursday by John Hudak on Twitter, explains in a moment’s flash the Republican “Latino problem.” It has nothing to do with Latinos. Hudak is the editor of the Brookings Institution’s FixGov blog. While reporting on this year’s CPAC (the nation’s largest conservative political confab) he attended a panel on GOP outreach into minority […]

Latinos Have Nothing to Worry About When Signing up for Obamacare

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            Yesterday, President Barack Obama participated in a town hall meeting focusing on healthcare reform benefits for Latinos. The town hall was hosted by the Aseguragte campaign, a partnership of the California Endowment, Covered California and Spanish-language media outlets Univision, Telemundo and impreMedia. Many attribute Obamacare’s low Latino enrollment rates to the […]

Guest Blogger: Vanessa Cárdenas “6 Steps the President and Congress can Take to Help Young Men of Color”

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Last Thursday, President Obama launched “My Brother’s Keeper,” an initiative that aims to address the profound challenges young men of color face. A long overdue and sorely needed endeavor, the President is using his bully pulpit to call on government, nonprofit, and corporate leaders to get serious about improving the life outcomes of young men […]

Guest Blogger: FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel “Closing the Latino Achievement Gap with Broadband”

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Across the country, one in four public elementary school students is Latino.  And this number is growing.  The U.S. Census Bureau projects that, in about 20 years, Latinos will compose one-third of the nation’s school age children.  And in some states, like Texas, Latinos became the majority of public school students years ago. These numbers […]