Obama's Latino Vote Mandate
Steve Cobble & Joe Velasquez : Presidential Election 2008
Latinos backed Obama by a 2-to-1 margin on election day and could be the biggest force behind a longterm, center-left political realignment.
2008
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Joe Versus the Embargo
Ethan Porter : Florida
In south Florida, Joe Garcia is taking on the GOP and the Cuban exile establishment.
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The New Face of Gentrification
Kavita Shah : New York City
Manhattan's El Barrio is facing an uphill battle against a private equity firm attempting to displace low-income residents in a struggle which reflects a growing crisis.
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Viva la Restauración
Christopher Hayes : Hillary Clinton
Latinos supported Hillary Clinton in the chaotic Nevada caucuses, but how much do her policies support them?
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Bugalú Sounds
Oliver Wang : Music
If you're curious to learn more about the bugalú, check out these five albums.
2007
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Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The quinceañera has become a rite of passage for even the poorest Latina teens, another example of our most treasured rites debased at the cash register.
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A New Latino Agenda
Roberto Lovato : Presidential Election 2008
Latino voters will go to the polls in 2008 with a hemispheric vision, a new sense of power and concerned about Iraq, immigration and the environment.
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Coming to America
Felicia Mello : Labor Organizing & Activism
The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.
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Miami Vise
Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
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Murder in Monterrey
A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.
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The Smog of Race War in LA
Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation.
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Lockdown in Greeley
Marc Cooper : Immigration to the US
A recent police raid on a small-city factory showcases the Bush Administration's frightening war on illegal immigration.
2006
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Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP's Big Tent
Roberto Lovato : Labor & Immigration
Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.
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Immigrants Regroup
Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US
This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.
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The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
2005
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The War for Latinos
In the face of unprecedented manpower problems, the Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to target young Latinos for military recruitment.
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LA's New Latino Mayor
Villaraigosa could make political history not just for his city, but for the country.
2004
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Fear of a Brown Planet
A wave of minority politics is cresting in California--white minority politics.
2003
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Blue States, Latino Voters
Joe Velasquez & Steve Cobble : Voters & Voting
It's time to target the electoral map differently.
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Left Coast Notes
Antonino Villaraigosa is an extraordinary political force in Los Angeles.
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Left Coast Notes
Labor is putting all its street muscle into Villaraigosa's campaign.
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