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Congress members want all in political map talks

CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Seven Texas members of Congress from Latino, African and Asian ancestry have threatened to appeal any redistricting deal that does not include all the minority groups involved in the lawsuit over political maps. Attorney General Greg Abbott contacted the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and a couple of other groups to begin talks to reach a ...

Sweetwater District Political Indictments

A Historical Analysis: By Herman Baca In Mexico they call it what it is, “Corruption, La Mordida.” In the U.S. especially in San Diego County they call it, “Campaign Contributions.” District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis the most anti-Mexican District Attorney in SD County’s history, a Republican with a political agenda, running for Mayor of San Diego. [...]

More Than 20 Million Resist Census Race Labels

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million - at least 1 in 14 - went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," "Haitian," "Mexican" and "multiracial."

Many resist census race labels

WASHINGTON (AP) – When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million – at least 1 in 14 – went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as “Arab,” “Haitian,” “Mexican” and “multiracial.”

AP EXCLUSIVE: Many resist census race labels

When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in 14 — went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," ''Haitian," ''Mexican" and "multiracial."