Latino Politics

Geraldo Cadava
Dec 22, 2022
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Latinos In Depth
Do Americans care about immigrants?
Before we even get into the specifics of what makes immigration feel like an intractable problem—i.e., compromise is hard because particular approaches are unacceptable to one side or another—I think we need to have an honest conversation about a more basic question…
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a year ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Biden at the border
When I searched for images of presidents visiting the border wall, I couldn’t find one of Barack Obama. Latinos In Depth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There wasn’t one like this of Joe Biden, taken yesterday (Sunday January 8…
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a year ago · 2 likes · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
What can we expect from the new Latinos in Congress?
They’ll get sworn in tomorrow, Tuesday January 3. There will be 47 of them: 35 Democrats, 12 Republicans. That’s more Latinos in Congress than ever before—a sign that Latinos have begun to flex their political muscle, even though they’ll still make up only 10 percent of all members of Congress. We’ve heard the hype about them. We’ve seen the selfies. Bu…
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a year ago · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
"Hispanic in name only"
In May 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Estrada had immigrated to the United States from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, when he was 17-years old. When he arrived, he barely spoke English, but went on to receive a BA from Columbia University, a JD from Harvard University, and to work as a Clerk for U…
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a year ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Puerto Rico's possible futures
Proponents of the Puerto Rico Status Act (H.R. 8393) are like two adversaries standing atop a cliff hundreds of feet above crashing waves, with their hands bound together, about to leap off the edge, and uncertain what fate will greet them when they hit the water. Both know they’ll get hurt no matter the outcome, perhaps one worse than the other. But th…
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a year ago · 1 like · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
What's at stake for Latinos who say that we "saved democracy" in 2022?
On December 4, the awesome cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz tweeted a new drawing. It showed a stone slab with the words “U.S. Democracy” being propped up on the left by a Greek column, and on the right by a Latina wearing a skirt that said, “Latino Vote.” Alcaraz included a description of his drawing: “Latinos saving democracy…
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a year ago · 1 like · 1 comment · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Two truths about the Latino vote
Here’s how I wish Latino partisans on both sides were responding to how Latinos voted: Democrats: “HO.LY.SHIT! Can you believe what happened? I can’t believe we beat all odds by holding on to the Senate, and maybe even the house. Everyone told us we were supposed to lose. Everyone said we should brace ourselves, but the wave never crashed. Also, we’ll h…
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2 years ago · 6 likes · 9 comments · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Thursday's top questions
On Tuesday, I posed some questions that were on my mind. Today I’ll do the same, because the election, for me at least, raised more questions than answers. I hope they might help shape how we talk and think about Latinos between now and the next election…
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2 years ago · 1 like · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Tuesday's Top Questions
It’s really amazing to think about how much attention we’ve paid to Latino voters since the 2020 presidential election. The opinions. The news stories. The polls. The surveys. It’s both dizzying and not enough. Nevertheless, anyone who confidently asserts that they know exactly how Latinos will vote on Tuesday is selling something. In my view, the more …
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2 years ago · 3 likes · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
The coming post-mortem
Have you ever read an article, highlighted some text that you wanted to pull and post on social media, kept scrolling, kept reading, thought, oh, no, this is a better quote, and then repeated that process several times until you simply decided to give up, because there were too many…
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2 years ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Geraldo Cadava
Latinos In Depth
Will 60-40 be the new split among Latinos?
Since nobody took the bait last Friday, I’ll answer my own questions. Don’t worry, I’m used to having my own internal monologue about Latinos. What’s the right amount of oxygen for media (and all of us) to give the Latino shift toward Republicans, and what could happen if we ignore it? I raised these questions after watching Julian Castro on Joy Reid’s …
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2 years ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Geraldo Cadava