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Election 2012: Register to Vote Before the Deadline

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/27/2012 - 15:05 | 0 Comments

Registering to vote is a crucial first step in fulfilling not just your duty as a U.S. citizen, but it’s important to look past the media hype and ask yourself why is this election important?

Because of 2010 – it’s not just when the Tea Party showed their power in the House of...

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Obama: Immigration Reform Was My "Biggest Failure"

By Samantha Leal | 09/21/2012 - 09:36 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama appeared on a Univision News forum, co-anchored by Jorge Ramos and Marie Elena Salinas, and admitted he failed to pass immigration reform, placing blame on a tough economic situation that became priority and a Republican Party that was unwilling to help.

"When we talked about...

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Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Mother Jones Video & What It Means for His Campaign

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/20/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney has somewhat of a reputation for putting his foot in his mouth. But when the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted the video of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee calling 47 percent of...

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EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson on the DNC, Voto Latino & Fashion Week

By Nicole Forbis | 09/18/2012 - 16:51 | 0 Comments

We spoke with the amazing actress and activist, Rosario Dawson at the Boy Meets Girl by Stacey Igel Fashion Show during Style360 Fashion Week in New York. Rosario filled us in on the latest progress of her and Wilmer Valderrama’s non-profit Voto Latino, her impression of Wyclef...

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Poll Suggests Latinas Favor Obama Over Romney By 53%

By Sugey Palomares | 09/17/2012 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

As the countdown to Election Day 2012 continues, a new poll suggests that a strong majority of Latinas favor President Barack Obama over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. According to a poll developed by...

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Election 2012: Hispanic Heritage Month and Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/13/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

You could say that Hispanic Heritage Month (which is the only “celebration” that actually straddles two months – from mid-September to mid-October) started earlier this year, with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Rolling out San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the DNC keynote speaker and Florida...

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Election 2012: President Obama Asks for Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/07/2012 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

When Barack Obama took the stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), he accepted his re-nomination for President, making the case for why Americans should re-elect him. The signature Obama rhetoric that reached for the sky gave way to a speech grounded in policy of what has been done and what’s left to put the...

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Eva Longoria at the DNC: I Don’t “Need a Tax Break”

By Sugey Palomares | 09/07/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Eva Longoria was correct when she told the Today Show that there would be no “empty chairs” in her DNC speech.

The Mexican American actress, and co-chair for President Obama’s re-election...

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