With the U.S. Latino population steadily increasing, they have become a necessary electorate for political parties to draw. While Latinos have been stereotyped to be liberal or Democratic, the Democratic Party is still making the effort to work for their vote.
According to a new study published by Instituto Cervantes there are 41 million native Spanish speakers in the US, as well as a 11.6 million who are bilingual.
Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul on Monday broke his silence on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, suggesting that the easiest way to end the debate on the issue would be for the federal government to no longer recognize any kind of marriage.
Thirty-five predominantly rural California counties will soon allow undocumented immigrants to access its healthcare system. This follows the recent trend throughout state granting undocumented immigrants the ability to enroll in state insurance systems.
A coalition comprising of dozens of Latino organizations have called for NBCUniversal to end its business relationship with Donald Trump, a Republican Party presidential candidate.
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz and Karl Rove, the political strategists known as the "architect" of George W. Bush's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns, are engaged in what Politico called an "epic feud" over an endorsement by Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush.
The top law-enforcement official in Texas on Sunday defied the U.S. Supreme Court and told the state's county clerks and magistrates that they could refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples if they felt that issuing them would violate their "religious liberty."
Puerto Rico may not be able to pay back its $72 billion public debt, and the U.S. territory's governor hopes to defer payments and negotiate with creditors, Fox News reported based on comments by Jesús Manuel Ortiz, Gov. Alejandro García Padilla's spokesman
On Saturday, three U.S. senators on a trip to Cuba expressed their hope that Congress would soon support President Barack Obama's plans to ease relations with with Cuba, which for many people means the lifting of the travel ban.
Displaying his best attempt at the time-honored political skill of backtracking, speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday, Trump insisted, "I like Mexico. I love the Mexican people" -- before dismissing the country again and expanding his polemic to include China.
The iconic Stonewall Inn in Manhattan's Greenwich Village has been a site of lots of celebration and activity in light of New York City's upcoming Gay Pride Parade and the recent Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
Activist Brittany "Bree" Newsome is being hailed as a hero for climbing up a 30-foot flagpole outside the South Carolina State Capitol building and physically removing the Confederate battle flag on Saturday.
Baltimore police are investigating the shooting death of an unarmed black man where officers responding to a call of a domestic disturbance fired at least 19 shots.
The Klu Klux Klan is in the midst of a massive recruitment drive following the recent South Carolina church shooting where nine black worshippers were gunned by a white gunman.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision approving marriage equality throughout the U.S. and all its territories, the government of Puerto Rico has moved quickly to acquiesce to the court's decision, approving marriage equality in the island.
Members of the South Florida Haitian community were joined by Dominican Americans and supporters on Thursday in a protest rally against the mass deportation of Haitians from the Dominican Republican.
