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Accountability / Civic Engagement / Electoral Power

Building Latinx Electoral Power

The Texas Organizing Project is a grass-roots membership organization organizing in four cities at a neighborhood level.  They’re organizing model involves strategic issue-based campaigns that engage people in the fight for their daily lives, direct…
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Civic Engagement / Public Policy-Making / Socio-Economic

Texas’ Tax System: Why We Need To Change…

Texas’ ideology to accommodate the tax policy needs of the corporate sector while limiting human capital investments (e.g., education, health, housing, economic development) that equalize opportunities for economic mobility are legendary.   The state’s regressive tax…
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Civil Rights / Messaging / Organizing

Mexican American Civil Rights: 1968 vs. 2021

Recent publications and events regarding the history of Mexican American Civil Rights in Texas have garnered public attention.  It could not be timelier given current enacted state laws that target voter suppression and white-washing historical…
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Education / Equity / Public Policy

Texas is Not Financing College Readiness

Texas boasts about its economic power and its investment in economic development, but it doesn’t ensure that there are high standards for math and science. It really does create a double standard when you start…
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Civic Engagement / Civil Rights / Electoral Power

Paid Sick Days: Workers Bienestar (Well-Being) Unfullfilled!

Over 4 million Texas workers, half of them Latinos, have their economic mobility impeded because they lack employer-based paid sick leave. The 87th State Legislative Session preferred focusing on divisive issues and corporate hand-outs versus…
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Labor/Employment / Public Policy-Making / Women

Latinas and Covid – 19 Workforce Impact: Who’s…

The resilience and importance of Latinas to our families have always been apparent. Their pivotal population and economic contribution to Texas’s growth and future must no longer be undermined or ignored. Covid-19 magnified multiple gender…
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Labor Training / Labor/Employment / Public Policy-Making / Women

One and a half years since COVID: A…

Between the lingering impacts of last year’s economic shutdown and emerging variants of the coronavirus, the long-term effects of the pandemic on the workforce are still uncertain. Texas employment has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but…
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Health and Human Services / Health Workforce / Public Policy-Making

How Stressed Are Health Providers During the Covid-19…

Latina front-line Covid-19 health workers and providers experience negative effects in the workplace and at home. Their care to farmworkers, immigrants, the homeless, and people living in poverty led to high levels of stressors and…
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Civic-Voters / Demographic / Electoral Power

A Reflection on the Latino Vote in Texas

Political pundits have tried to make sense of the disappointing 2020 outcome in Texas for those of us who have wanted to see the state turn blue. In this essay, I provide my analysis of…
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Immigration / Public Policy-Making / Socio-Economic

Immigrants Economically Vital But Disparaged and Unjustly Treated

Immigrants are a vital part of Texas’ economy. Their consumer spending power totaled 120.3 billion dollars, and they paid $40.6 billion dollars in local, state, and federal taxes. They are significant economic contributors to every…
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Action Corner

La Raza Unida Party: Legacy and Action, 9/15-17/2022, San Antonio

Latino Workers: Injury & Death

Latino Voter: Misinformation Targets

Child Care: Access Scarce

Texas Leaders: Hyprocrites on Property Taxes

Be Afraid: Xenophobes Live Here

Texas Policymaking vs. Latino Power Shift Framework

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