Elections

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...

Lawsuit Challenges Texas Redistricting

thinkstock

Lawsuit Challenges Texas Redistricting

By Mariela Rosario | 02/22/2011 - 14:25 | 0 Comments

Just as Latino leaders warned, battle lines are being drawn surrounding congressional redistricting and the new Census numbers. Texas is one of the first states to see controversy, which is not surprising given that the state stands to gain more...

Brazil Elects First Female President

AP Photo/Jorge Saenz

Brazil Elects First Female President

By Mariela Rosario | 11/01/2010 - 08:21 | 0 Comments

Dilma Rousseff became the first female president elect of Brazil on Sunday, beating out her opponent, José Serra, the former governor of São Paulo, with 56 percent of the vote.

Rousseff was the chief of staff and energy minister for previous president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rousseff has no previous political...