Primary election season is underway in the United States, but for people registered outside of the Democratic or Republican parties, the right to vote may be in jeopardy.
Less than half of undocumented youth living in the United States identify with the Democratic Party, while most of the others claim loyalty to independent parties or nonparty affiliations, according to a new study published earlier this week.
As a judge Sonia Sotomayor takes her personal history and her community into account, using that to remind her that human beings consist of good and bad, horrific and heroic; and she treats individuals in her court as people while holding them responsible for their crimes.
Political parties' inability to secure a sufficient number of Latino candidates disallows the possibility that Latinos will be placed in political office, according to a study released by Michigan State University.
President Obama's choice to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency that provides contracts and loans to help small business gain government contracts, is former California official Maria Contretras-Sweet. Her official nomination was announced at a White House event last Thursday. She is the second Hispanic nomination to Obama's second-term cabinet, preceded by Labor Secretary Tom Perez. And, she will be the eighth woman in Obama's current cabinet.
