Posts Tagged ‘latinos’
Echoes of CPAC: Alphonso Aguilar, Executive Director of Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles
Now that the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is past, this might be a good time for Politisite readers to hear some of the more personal perspectives that were offered by some prominent CPAC attendees. Our third Politisite – ”Echoes of CPAC” interview will be with Alphonso Aguilar, Executive Director of Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles. By Kevin Williams Alphonso Aguilar is the former Chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship under President George W. Bush. Before joining the U.S. Department Alphonso AguilarExecutive Director,Latino Partnership For Conservative Principles of Homeland Security in 2003, he served in numerous high-level government positions in the Bush Administration and the government of Puerto Rico. Mr. Aguilar [...]
GOP must Chart a Path to Win back Urban America
By Kevin Williams The 168 members of the Republican National Committee (RNC) have officially started their winter meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they will elect the party's chairman and co-chairman. Indeed, many Republicans and conservatives around the country are sure to be nervously glued to C-SPAN or their desktop computers over the next two days, hoping for clear indications of the party's future. While many of their fellow Americans may be tuned out or turned off from politics after our past election, those of us who continue to pay close attention to national politics realize that this RNC chairman election will be important to the country's political future. Why? Because while the RNC's winter meeting will be full of politicking for positions, prestige and [...]
Does Obama have your Back? Black unemployment 14.4%, Hispanic and Latino 11.0%
Today's dismal Job growth and unemployment rate figures show that the Obama economy is hurting those more who he campaigned for the most. The President continues to say that the policies of the past don't work, But the Obama policies are clear - Minorities were better off Under Bush. "The slow pace of jobs growth underscores the weakening economic growth momentum and reinforces the perception that the economy has remain mired in another soft patch," Millan says. "With the labor market recovery appearing to be stalled, the case for further policy accommodation will likely be strengthened, particularly given the benign inflationary background." The report comes in sharp contrast to private payrolls data out of ADP just a day earlier that showed the economy expanded by 179,000 [...]
