The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment has conducted its first round of twelve public hearings. From July to October this year, more than 19 million New Yorkers were […]

Republicans haven’t paid serious attention to Hispanics in the United States. I think it has to do with blunt ignorance of Hispanics’ core values.
 “Latinos are Republicans. They just don’t know it yet,” said […]

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to veto new political lines if not drawn by an independent redistricting commission. With such a stance, he obstructs the process and insults New Yorkers’ intelligence. Dismantling the current bi-partisan redistricting taskforce and appointing a civilian independent commission, would be a more genuine show of his intentions. It […]

In a recent segment of the “Daily Show”, Jon Stewart reviews the reasons why the GOP is unable to choose a 2012 presidential candidate, as the media creates and kills front runners with meteoric speed. “It’s amazing what paying attention to a candidate can do to their candidacy,” Stewart joked. That may be true for Perry, Cain, Bachmann, […]

Once upon a time there were two brothers who were fond of playing politics: Charles and David Hamilton Koch. Charles was co-owner, chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Koch Industries, Inc. , the second-largest privately held company by revenue in the United States. David was a philanthropist and a political activist. Both were […]

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, voters in the United States will go to the polls to select their President and members for the 113th Congress. The ongoing presidential contest has already pitted President Barack Obama against potential Republican presidential contenders Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Buddy Roemer, Cary E. Johnson, Jon Hunstaman, […]

It is impossible to escape the news nowadays.  Media outlets, bloggers, and pundits argue that while GOP ignores Latinos, the White House is engaged in a desperate e-mail frenzy to reach out to them.  Both Democrats and Republicans take Latinos for granted or use them in an ad hoc fashion. What can Latinos do? They should look […]

Currently, there are roughly 14.0 million people without a job in the United States.  As of August 2011, the unemployment rate was reported at 9.1 percent of the nation’s population. This percentage seems to have been constant since last April. The Office of Management and Budget, the very White House agency responsible for forecasting, producing and […]

September 12, 2011 Ongoing New Yorkers’ interest in redistricting seems to be spurred by pro-redistricting reform leaders, coalitions of pro-good government advocacy groups, increasing media attention and anticipation of the U.S. 2012 presidential election. Despite enthusiasm, it should be understood that people’s active participation, advocacy and interest do not necessarily determine redistricting outcome. Advocacy efforts are spearheaded […]