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Poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks and Hispanics

By Sonya Ross and Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll … Read More

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns with Richard Mourdock who is running for Senate at Stepto's BBQ Shack in Evansville, Ind., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Opinion: Romney’s GOP wingmen are bringing him down with women voters

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Both presidential candidates have been laying it on thick. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been pulling out all the stops in courting us ladies. Not that I … Read More

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Palacio De Los Jugos on August 13, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Opinion: Florida, the mother of all battleground states

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

You can’t tune into news about the campaign without hearing about Florida.  As a non-Floridian this obsession can get a bit tedious (I admit living in Texas … Read More

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Dr. Richard Carmona is just one of the many Latino congressional candidates who will see their names on the election ballot come Nov. 6.

Arizona getting to know Carmona in Senate race

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arizona voters have seen Richard Carmona in combat fatigues, in a surgeon's mask and gown, wielding a pistol as a SWAT team member and most … Read More

After the conventions, Latino voters were polled on their reaction to Latino speakers and to party outreach.

Despite Latino speakers at the conventions, parties still have work to do, says new poll

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"It was okay, it was a good start." This phrase could very well sum up Latino voters' reaction to the very high-profile inclusion of Hispanics during primetime … Read More

Student Edgar Guerra, 10, watches Chicago Public School teachers picket outside Maranatha Church in Chicago where Mayor Rahm Emanuel was visiting students that were taking part at the Safe Haven program Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The church was providing students with structured activities and a safe environment during the teachers strike. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Opinion: At Chicago’s teacher strike no one is thinking about the children

By Stephen A. Nuño

When school children start paying union dues, then perhaps they can expect unions to represent their interests. And as the Chicago Teachers Union goes on strike … Read More

From left, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden wave to thousands at a campaign stop, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Opinion: Democrats won the convention messaging game

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

There are no longer smoke-filled rooms where the nomination of a candidate is haggled over. This decision is wrapped up well before convention goers even set … Read More

Senate candidate Ted Cruz, of Texas, addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Opinion: Republicans are grooming Latino leaders, Dems are not

By Jaime Rojas Jr.

We saw this week the Democratic National Convention and its sea of diversity among its delegates on the Convention floor, a very stark contrast to the … Read More

Julian Castro fired up a DNC crowd and Marco Rubio is a rising GOP star. Their ascent and cultures display the nuance of the Latino voter.

In Julian Castro and Marco Rubio, the differences among Latinos on display

By Russell Contreras, Associated Press

The Hispanics with the highest profiles in this year's political conventions, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, stand as … Read More

San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro was the first Hispanic to deliver the keynote speech at a Democratic National Convention.

Julian Castro, Michelle Obama, fire up convention floor, urge Obama’s re-election

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Charlotte, N.C. - For the first time in the Democratic party's history, and in a sign of Latinos' growing significance as a key voting block, San Antonio Texas … Read More