Republican Latinos are on the rise. This legislative caucus is just one sign
On election day last year, a conversation with family members confirmed Suzette Martinez Valladares’ hunch that Latino Republicans were about to shock California. “I swear…
California Republican lawmakers create their own Latino caucus
SACRAMENTO — Republican lawmakers, excluded from the Democratic-led California Latino Legislative Caucus, have taken matters into their own hands.Nine Latino GOP legislators have created the California Hispanic…
Column: Why the Rock Hall Needs to Induct Maná
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is breaking new ground with this year’s nominees for induction — and the señoras and rockeros among us…
Trump administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page
Within hours of President Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.The site — currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/ —…
In 2024, Latinos finally became Americans at the ballot box
Forty years ago this November, Cesar Chavez gave a speech at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club that was as much of a promise as a warning.The…
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…
It’s hard to admit you voted for Trump in ‘the Mexican Beverly Hills’
A surge of migrants at the border. President Biden’s debate performance. High interest rates. Phillip can tick off the reasons he voted for President-elect Donald…
These young Latinos backed Derek Tran against Michelle Steel
The $254,000 that Chispa spent in this year’s most expensive U.S. House race barely registers as a drop in the proverbial bucket.The money, which the…
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…
We now live in a Prop. 187 America. What’s next?
We tell ourselves stories in order to live, Joan Didion famously wrote, and the one Democrats in California repeated for decades was Proposition 187.Californians of…
The sad, desperate, Hispandering end of Kevin de León’s
He preened, he hugged, he shook hands and hobnobbed with legends and politicians. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León was in full campaign mode…
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…
‘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…
Puerto Rico angry after called ‘floating island of garbage’ at Trump rally
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A comic calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an…
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…
An American Southwest road trip to find the political soul of Latinos
Good morning. I’m Gustavo Arellano, a Metro columnist for The Times, which means I’m allowed to express opinions. Like:The American Southwest is cool.But before I…
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…
Drop the doom scroll. The open road offers hope, optimism, sunflowers
ON THE ROAD FROM DENVER TO LAS VEGAS — Name the iconic plants of the American Southwest — go!Saguaro cacti in the Sonoran desert, of…