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Seven in 10 Democrat voters in a new national poll said it is “important” for Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden to pick a woman of color as his running mate. In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll, nearly three-fourths of Democratic voters surveyed said that it was very or somewhat important that Biden choose a woman […]

As the Impeachment hearings are underway, Americans are bearing witness to our struggle for reasoned argument and the metastasis of myopic partisan blindspots. In the words of Carl Sagan; “If we know only our own side of the argument, we hardly know even that.” An intellect untested by opposition is an intellect unknown. We have […]

Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was in Detroit with Police Chief, James Craig, when she told him to hire only black analysts for the facial recognition program the city uses to identify individuals. In one of the most bizarre and racially charged comments yet, Tliab suggested the department should not hire anyone who is not black. […]

There may be a new sheriff in town for the Texas Republican Party, as former U.S. Congressman Allen West says his probable run for the chairmanship of the Texas GOP is all but certain.

But Ocasio-Cortez has made the most news with her off-the-cuff fact-check worthy remarks, including those that skirt the racial divide.

The HBCU Collective, which is aligned with the HBCU Caucus and comprised of Alumni and students, is pushing the very same message, only with a slight, yet very glaring difference.

Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, addressed Iowa Democratic voters this past weekend, using the opportunity to reach out to black and Hispanic voters, saying that his campaign would be focused on "overcoming racial divisions." Sanders spoke of addressing  racial divisions, but then drove a deeper racial wedge by telling Iowans that he spoke for all […]

  A recent Huffington Post article states that the overwhelming majority of Latinos are more concerned with environmental issues, than any other issue, included the current stagnant national economy and education. The writer of the story, who appears to support progressive causes,  unbelievably states that  "people of color" are  "more likely to live near power […]

The controversial video of a police officer throwing a teen to the ground in McKinney, Texas, has lead to the firing of the principal of North Miami High School, Alberto Iber. Iber, a Hispanic, wrote this comment on a story that was posted on  Facebook page" "He did nothing wrong. He was afraid for his […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES You really can't make this up. Fox Latino, the news group that brought us the term "Afro-Latinos" is reporting that Phoenix businessman Fred DuVal, a Democrat, who just happens to be running for Governor in Arizona, "browned up" a photo of himself in an attempt to appeal to those "brown people" commonly […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES Fox Latino has coined a new term for Hispanics who happened to have a darker complexion than the other "white Hispanics" and "brown people." The new term is "Afro-Latino," and  I am utterly disappointed in myself for coming up with this term. In the Shark Tank post, "The Hispanic Color Wheel, From […]