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Latino Immigrants Are Changing the Politics of … Nebraska!
Organizing in Omaha and small towns with meatpacking plants is altering politics in this reddest of states.
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Nonprofits May Hold Key to Immigrant Turnout in 2016
Nonprofit community organizations focused on mobilizing immigrant voters are proliferating around the country, and may play a crucial role in whether immigrants turn out in this election.
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The Riddle of Immigrant Voting
No institution today can bring out the immigrant vote like the old urban machines and industrial unions once did.
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Deportations and Clinton’s Latino Outreach
Hillary Clinton has come under fire for failing to sufficiently galvanize Latinos, a bloc of voters key to Democrats in both the presidential and Senate contests. The Washington Post this week quoted critics saying Clinton had run too few Spanish-language ads, and spent too little on targeted messaging. But there may be another reason why […]
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Trump Touts Pledge of Allegiance with Socialist Roots
Donald Trump’s vision of America clashes sharply with the original intent behind the Pledge of Allegiance, penned during the Gilded Age to promote equity, tolerance, and progressive ideals.
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Even on His Signature Issue, Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out What He Believes
What is clear is that most voters are not as hardline on immigration as Trump may assume.
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How ‘They’ Become ‘We’
Here’s what America does well in integrating immigrants and what we could do better—unless anti-immigrant passions take over.
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Latinos Remain Skeptical of Democrats’ Immigration Policy
For activists in Philadelphia, simply not being Donald Trump may not be enough.
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Immigration Advocates Speak Out in Cleveland
At a convention marked by anti-immigrant sentiment, organizers gathered for a “Wall Off Trump” demonstration and pledged to boost Latino voter turnout in 2016.
