By Gregory Rodriguez Electing a Latino mayor was a milestone for Los Angeles but not the end of the journey. Eight years ago, after former California Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg was knocked out of the […]
by Vanessa Arredond When Martha Escutia was elected to the Assembly in 1992, she was one of seven Latinos in the 120-member California Legislature, part of the small but growing Latino Caucus that would eventually […]
by Noah Bierman Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the weeks since his reelection warring with “woke” enemies: picking a $2-billion fight with the world’s largest money manager over its environmental policies and vowing to […]
by Mike Madrid and Lucas Holtz The education divide that has defined American politics over the last three election cycles has begun to appear in the country’s largest blue state, California. Democrats have captured and […]
by Miguel A. Santana It is particularly painful that Latino leaders are at the center of an ugly scandal about racial representation in Los Angeles, given the hard-fought battle that Latinos waged over decades to […]
by Sameea Kamal and Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In summary: California’s independent redistricting commission is struggling to finish new congressional maps. While its deliberations are contentious, Texas is being sued over its maps, pushed through by […]
by Raphael J. Sonenshein California Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged from a recall election on Sept. 14, 2021, as the big winner, having secured a heavy majority of the vote. But while most eyes were on […]
by Phil Bump, Washington Post At both the 10,000- and 10-foot levels, there’s every reason to assume that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will not be recalled from office in this week’s election. At the […]
California Latinos are poised to play a major role in what will certainly be the contentious 2022 midterm elections. By Christian Arana Despite a contentious and tumultuous 2020 presidential election season, the 2022 midterms are […]
California’s new senator, who filled Kamala Harris’s seat, is hoping to speak for his fellow Latinos. That won’t be easy. by Christian Paz Alex padilla was radicalized early. The young man was 21, freshly graduated from […]
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