Culture
The Racializing of American Politics
By Daniel Henninger Even the exit polls now force people to put themselves in a racial category. This is the most violated saying in American public life: “I have a dream that my four little […]
Culture
Culture
Election Reinforces Divide Between Millennials, Baby Boomers
By Ronald Brownstein Tuesday’s results make clear that two generations of Americans—one minority-heavy and the other largely white—have conflicting ideas about government’s role. There was no exit sign, no milepost. But in this week’s election, […]
Culture
Mexicans and the U.S. Melting Pot
by Shannon K. O’Neil The integration (once called assimilation) of foreigners into the United States is a long-standing issue. Some fear that today’s immigrants aren’t integrating into U.S. culture and society as past waves did. […]
Culture
What Joe Biden’s Irish identity can teach Mexican-Americans
What will Mexican-Americans have if they continue rejecting their past? They will have no historical claims to this country and no sense of belonging to the Southwest. by Alex Gonzalez Joe Biden is among the […]
Analysis and Opinions
The Rise of the West: How Mexican-Americans and Latinos are Shaping the Southwest into the New America
by Alex Gonzalez I was a teenager in the 1990s when Americans saw for the first time the big grow of Hispanic population, especially Mexican-Americans, in the Southwest. At the time, The so-called conservatives from […]
Analysis and Opinions
Abortion Won’t keep Catholic Latinos in the New Trump GOP
By Alex Gonzalez The old cliché Republicans want you to believe is that “Latinos are naturally conservative” because they are predominantly Catholic and that they would come to the GOP if they talk about abortion […]
Analysis and Opinions
Trump’s border wall isn’t about illegal immigration or drugs. So what is it for?
by Alex Gonzalez Trumps is very unlikely to get even few miles of his“beautiful Wall” built, but he will campaign on it anyway because it’s good politics for his base. When Donald Trump took office, […]
Analysis and Opinions
Why Trump and Republicans want Mexican-Americans to forget about their ethnicity, heritage and history
by Alex Gonzalez After the rally in New Mexico, many reporters and pundits wrote pieces about it trying to figure out a “Trump strategy” noting that New Mexico is one half Hispanic and voted overwhelmingly […]
Analysis and Opinions
The “Mexican-ness” of Julian Castro and Beto O’Rourke in the 2020 Presidential race
by Alex Gonzalez It’s no secret that Julian Castro and Beto O’Rourke are on collision course in Texas in their bid for the Presidency since both will be courting Hispanics in the Texas, and across […]
Analysis and Opinions
“Hispanic” as a political consciousness might be mistaken
by Alex Gonzalez Some people were cheering about Hispanics becoming the largest “minority” in 2020, but it means nothing to predict turnout. The Pew Research Center published new projections underlining that the 2020 Election will […]