Seneca’s thoughts on the DREAM Act and how it might proceed in the next Congress: Due to their immigration status, thousands (in excess of 60,000) of high school graduates across the country have not been able to take advantage of the opportunities that make a higher education a possibility. In-state tuition rates, private scholarships, state [...]

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Here is Seneca’s latest update on Latino appointments in the Obama Administration: Bill Richardson appears to have committed a big blooper. In a recorded video being bicycled around the internet, he states in Spanish that President Elect Obama is “un inmigrante.” Plainly, this feeds the anti-Obama bloggers, pundits, critics, bigots and other enemies of the newly [...]

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Disclaimer: This blog post was going to go up last night, but I became busy with other things. Come to wake up, and VivirLatino is reporting that Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama’s offer for Secretary of State. Remember how many in the Latino community were hoping that Bill Richardson would get the top diplomat [...]

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Esquire magazine has released a list of the 10 Worst Members of Congress, and the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Representative Joe Baca (D-CA) has made the list. Esquire states: “As chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Baca steered CHC funds to the campaigns of his two sons. When Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez called him on [...]

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In my opinion, the two best speeches of the first night of the DNC were those of Senator Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama. I think that most Democrats thought that these speeches were well received, positive, and touching.  Senator Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, was suffering from kidney stones the day he delivered his speech. He [...]

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There are some notable Latinos at the DNC today. Everyone is abuzz with news that Senator Ted Kennedy, who is battling a malignant brain tumor, may actually speak to the crowd today. His niece, Caroline Kennedy, is introducing his tribute this evening. Considering all that Senator Kennedy has done for Latino Americans in terms of [...]

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Robert Kennedy was one of the first politicians to reach out to our community by supporting the inclusion of farm workers in federal labor standards and by supporting bilingual provisions in the Voting Rights Act. Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of his death. In 1968, RFK broke bread with Cesar Chavez after a 25 day [...]

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Just when I thought the Clinton campaign couldn’t sink any lower, today Hillary Clinton cited Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in June 1968, along with her husband’s win of the CA primary in June 1992, as reasons to stay in the Democratic primary race. For many reasons, people have worried about Barack Obama’s safety as the lead [...]

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