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Latino Voters Gain Influence for 2012 Elections

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Latino Voters Gain Influence for 2012 Elections

By Mariela Rosario | 01/10/2011 - 18:30 | 0 Comments

Due to a recent redistricting of congressional seats, the Latino vote has an unprecedented opportunity to hold sway over the 2012 elections. According to analysis of Census data by the Pew Hispanic...

The State of Texas Gets in the Telenovela Business to Save Lives

The State of Texas Gets in the Telenovela Business to Save Lives

By Fox News Latino | 12/01/2010 - 11:15 | 0 Comments

The Texas Department of Transportation launched a series of mini telenovelas this month in an effort to educate the Hispanic community about the consequences of drinking and driving. Qué scene:

A startled couple awakes to a phone call in the middle of the night, the mother answers and it’s from the local hospital informing her that her son, Alberto, has been involved...

Latinos Politicos to Watch: Marco Rubio & Julian Castro

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Latino Politicos to Watch: Marco Rubio & Julian Castro

By Mariela Rosario | 11/02/2010 - 17:00 | 2 Comments

Political fervor is at an all-time high today with people heading to the polls for Election Day. We wanted to step back and take a look at two Latinos who have been making waves on either side of aisle in American politics. Julian Castro, the young mayor of San Antonio has been hailed as "the next Obama" by some in Democratic circles. While Marco...

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Texas Board of Ed. Votes to Rewrite History, Whitewash Textbooks

By Mariela Rosario | 03/16/2010 - 15:30 | 16 Comments

Last Friday, the Texas Board of Education—stacked with socially conservative Republicans by Governor Rick Perry—approved a new social studies curriculum that would essentially rewrite history in favor of a right-leaning political agenda.

After the vote, Mavis B. Knight, a Democrat from Dallas told the...

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Texas Board of Ed. Attempting to Erase Cesar Chavez from Textbooks

By Mariela Rosario | 01/11/2010 - 16:53 | 21 Comments

On Jan. 13, the Board of Education will hold a preliminary vote to determine whether or not they should adopt new standards for social studies texts in the state of Texas. In question is whether or not Cesar Chavez, along with all other Hispanics since the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century, should be removed from textbooks.

Gail Lowe, a...