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CEO of Univision Formally Complains About Lack of Latino Presidential Debate Moderators

By Samantha Leal | 08/15/2012 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Presidential and vice presidential debate moderators have been announced by the Commission on Presidential Debates and some people are not too happy with the picks. One of those not happy with the selections? Randy Falco, CEO of Univision, who wrote a strongly worded letter to Janet Brown, the head of the...

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Election 2012: Latino to Deliver Keynote at the Democratic National Convention

By Viviana Hurtado | 08/02/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Although considered by some a rising political star in the Democratic party, Julián Castro became a super star when the news broke that he will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention at the beginning of September. The San Antonio mayor is scheduled to speak, as is First Lady Michelle...

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Election 2012: Latino Voters Are The (In)Visible Political Giants

By Viviana Hurtado | 07/05/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

About one year ago, I was advocating for more mainstream news coverage of the Latino vote. The 2010 U.S. Census confirmed what most of us who are Hispanic knew: our population had grown to 50 million or 16 percent of the general population and is expected to increase to 25 percent by 2050. Unless you turned on ...

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Election 2012: The Supreme Court and Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 07/02/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

I was guest anchoring on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin while she was away when the Supreme Court announced its decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is President Obama’s signature legislation that makes...

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Election 2012: Is the Deportation Announcement a Game Changer?

By Viviana Hurtado | 06/21/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Latinos’ enthusiasm and energy after President Obama announced young student or military illegal immigrants would not be deported could have powered a small city for a month. Now the devil is in the details: how is the policy going to be rolled out? What guidance will be given to those charged with executing the President’s vision such as law...

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5 Things We Learned About Marco Rubio From His Memoir ‘An American Son’

By Samantha Leal | 06/20/2012 - 15:06 | 0 Comments

Marco Rubio’s recently released memoir, An American Son, gives us insight into his life and beginnings. The Republican Vice President hopeful talks about his Cuban family, coming to grips with his heritage and parlaying that into a successful political career. But there were a few things that we didn’t know about Rubio (or at least, not in his...

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Election 2012: Do Young Latinos Hold the Key?

By Viviana Hurtado | 06/14/2012 - 16:06 | 0 Comments

Are you surprised that the Hispanic population is growing? I’m not. What does take me aback is how late political parties, the media, and some corporations are to the fiesta. You don’t need to be Latino, a statistician, or a census worker to see the changes happening all around you: the Hispanic population is responsible for more than half of the nation’s...

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Election 2012: Mitt Romney's "A Better America Begins Tonight" - But for Whom?

By Viviana Hurtado | 05/31/2012 - 15:49 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney needed at least 97 delegates to reach the 1,144 needed to clinch the Republican nomination, according to the Associated Press, which will be formalized at the GOP national nominating convention...

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