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Women's suffrage protest

Library of Congress

COMMENTARY: This Girl's On Fiiireee!

By Dolores Prida | 11/06/2012 - 12:06 | 0 Comments

I haven't called myself a "girl" in a long time, but I'm so fired up about today's presidential election that I can't help singing along with Alicia Keys.

Most of all, I can't stop thinking about the girls on fire of a century ago--the suffragists, those women with plenty of ovarios who marched, got beaten, harassed, thrown in jail for...

Galina Op-Ed

Latina View: Why Democrats Can’t Count on Us This November

By Galina Espinoza | 10/13/2010 - 10:29 | 18 Comments

For decades now, a majority of us Latinos have supported the Democratic Party, most recently helping to usher in President Obama with 67% of our vote.

And how have the Democrats thanked us for this long history of loyalty and support? By ignoring us so utterly that most of us are planning to stay home this November—a decision that could lead to a shift of power in...