Column: Is it time for California’s Latino Legislative Caucus to let in Republicans?
Over the phone, Lena Gonzalez’s voice had the patient but proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending the damned.Her metaphorical client: The California Latino…
Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward Trump
Thirty years ago this fall, California’s Latino voters coalesced into a multigenerational ethnic voting bloc for the first time in response to a draconian, citizen-led…
How Latino Republican flipped a heavily Democratic Assembly district
BRAWLEY, Calif. — While Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez, a newly elected Republican, was taking the oath of office in Sacramento last week, the phones of two supporters…
The Latino vote debate is neglecting Latinas
Postelection analyses continue to ignore the political and economic power of Latinas. The big story about the Latino vote is that the electoral bets the…
Young Black, Latino men say they chose Trump because of economy, jobs
WASHINGTON — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for…
Inside the Latino Theater Company’s Encuentro festival
Two plays down, five more to go. As the 5 p.m. shows concluded, a lingering crowd filled the L.A. Theater Center’s lobby. With an hour…
Why it’s wrong to blame Trump’s victory on Latino men
Six years ago in this newspaper, I coined the term “rancho libertarian” to describe a political ideology I was observing in many of the Latino…
L.A.’s audio scandal is taking down another Latino political leader
In the secretly recorded conversation that upended his political career, Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León kept returning to a familiar theme: preserving and…
Latino, Asian political candidates’ contest may reshape L.A. Eastside
The text message that showed up on the phones of Eastside voters last month began with a warning: Forty years of Latino political representation is…
US election campaigns shift strategies as Latino voter allegiances change | US Election 2024 News
New York City, the US – In Queens, 26-year-old Claudia, a first-generation college-educated Latina born in the United States, sat at her family’s dinner table…
‘Noticias Telemundo’ anchor Julio Vaqueiro on why the Latino vote matters
There is no Spanish word for “swing state.”But there are many Latinos living and voting in the seven battlegrounds that will determine the outcome of…
Kamala Harris rebounds with Latino voters, poll shows
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding lead with Latino voters over former President Trump, with a margin that tracks closely with President Biden’s…
Trump, Harris head west in election race for Latino votes in swing states | US Election 2024 News
The Democratic and Republican candidates in the November 5 battle for the White House have turned their attention to two key swing states in the…
Donald Trump attempts to recover Latino support with Pennsylvania rally | Al Jazeera News
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made an appeal to the Latino stronghold of Allentown, Pennsylvania, shortly after his controversial rally in New York’s Madison…
Latino Theater Co. hosts their ‘Encuentro’ festival
Nineteen visiting theater companies, 165 artists. Six L.A. theaters. And 25,000 expected attendees.The Latino Theater Company presents “Encuentro 2024: We are Here, Presente!” a three-week…
Dailyn Rodriguez tells Latino stories on ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ series
“The Lincoln Lawyer,” one of Netflix’s most popular series, returned Oct. 17 for a nail-biting Season 3. Behind the thrilling storylines is showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez.Based…
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump make economic pitches to Latino voters
WASHINGTON — Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump promoted economic policy Tuesday as their best chance to win Latino voters. But their approaches are very different.In…
Latino voters are key in California races that could sway Congress
On a recent Tuesday in Sacramento, Alexa Sosa Nunez put in her AirPods, stacked her printed script and took a deep breath before she dialed…
The ‘Latino vote’ is a myth, as my Southwest road trip shows
ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, San Diego — I’ve done the drive from Orange County to the United States-Mexico border so many times that it’s as easy…
Not all Latino leaders opt to leave Arizona’s mine country for L.A.
CLIFTON, Ariz. — To get to Clifton, you have to really want to get to Clifton. The nearest big city is Tucson, about three hours away.…