Happy Veterans Day. I would like to thank all Veterans of the U.S. military for your service to our nation. On this day of observance, remembrance, and appreciation, there is much for which to be grateful. Veterans everywhere have reason to be proud. And we all have reason to honor their service. Throughout our history, […]
Texas Argues for Court to Approve Controversial New Election Map
November 4, 2011 By
The state of Texas and the U.S. Justice Department presented arguments to a federal court on Wednesday regarding the state’s controversial proposed election maps which could potentially lower the chances of Latinos to choose candidates of their choice in several districts. The three-judge panel’s decision will have tremendous impact: Texas stands to win four new […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “Why Rubio won’t help GOP get Latino vote”
October 31, 2011 By
Repeat after me, GOP: “Marco Rubio will not be our savior with Latinos in the 2012 election.” It has nothing to do with whether the U.S. senator from Florida lied about the year his parents came to the United States, though let’s pause on that for a moment anyway: It should be fully explored, as […]
Guest Blogger Series: Hector Balderas “Why Cain’s Electrified Fence Is Not So Shocking”
October 26, 2011 By
An electrified fence. On the border. Designed to kill people. Along with “real guns with real bullets.” This is the immigration “plan” recently proposed by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. And he’s one of his party’s frontrunners. There’s no question that immigration is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. No one wants to […]
Maria Cardona Joins CNN as a Political Contributor
October 5, 2011 By
Today CNN announced that Democratic strategist Maria Cardona has joined the the network for the 2012 election season, according to Sam Feist, CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief. “Having spent all of my professional career in communications, public policy, and politics, I’m thrilled to join CNN as a political contributor, especially as we […]
Latino Students in Alabama Miss School as Immigration Law Enacted
October 3, 2011 By
Hundreds of Hispanic students stayed home from school on the first day that Alabama officials began to enforce the “toughest” immigration law in the nation, including checking students’ immigration status, last week. Thursday marked the first day that the law was enforced after a federal judge ruled parts of the law could move forward, including […]
President Obama says GOP Stalling Immigration Reform
September 28, 2011 By
During an online roundtable on Wednesday addressing key issues in the Latino community, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment for comprehensive immigration reform but said lack of GOP leadership on the issue is hurting any progress. At the roundtable, which was moderated by Jose Siade, Yahoo’s editor in chief for U.S. Hispanic and Latin America, […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “No Casa Blanca for the GOP”
September 27, 2011 By
As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the presidential candidates and the policies they support anathema to everything I believe this country needs right now. Their “solutions” are regurgitated failures that have been tried before and are a big reason President Obama inherited an economy on the brink of another Great Depression. As a […]
Comentarios from Maria Cardona: “Tyranny of 87 must stop”
August 1, 2011 By
We have become victims of the Tyranny of 87. This is not a reference to the years immediately preceding the French Revolution of 1789. I am referring to July 2011 in the United States of America, the greatest democracy in the world. Or so I thought. The Tyranny of 87 is the bizarre, surreal, but […]
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