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My Mother Wouldn’t Let Me Vote for Gingrich
If They Sought Arpaio’s Support, How Can They Be Our Amigos?
Debates Define Their Demagoguery
Immigrant-Bashing States Need Economic Shoving
Seeking a Latino-Friendly Republican
A Vote That Will Live in Infamy
Children of the American Dream: The Compassion Litmus Test
The GOP’s Hispanic Candidates:
Perfect For Self-Loathing Latinos
Cuba Visitors Wear Horse Blinders
or Opportunistic GOP Demagoguery
Obama Insults Our Intelligence
May Not Be Best For Puerto Ricans
The Reactionary Republic of Arizona
(Make Sure To Take Your Passport)
To Fight For Immigration Reform,
Don’t Show Up in the Last Round
The Closing Immigration Window
Without Reverse Discrimination
The Counterrevolutionary Perspective
Let’s Give Clinton Some ‘Credito’


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Lehman Professor Miguel Pérez will be the featured political analyst on Enfoque Nueva York (Focus on New York), a new monthly public affairs show on Telemundo, beginning on Sunday, Nov. 6. Read more ...
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Editor's Note: This is the 25th part of an ongoing series, "America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage." The previous columns in the series are below.
Now that we have welcomed Santa, some of us are getting ready to receive the three wise men on Jan. 6. In our annual Latino struggle to preserve our own Hispanic holiday traditions, a little history is appropriate here. After all, it was our Spanish ancestors who celebrated North America's first Christmas — 472 years ago! Read more ...