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Luz María "Luzma" Umpierre-Herrera (born October 15, 1947) is a Puerto Rican advocate for human rights, a New-Humanist educator, poet, and scholar. Her work addresses a range of critical social issues including activism and social equality, the immigrant experience, bilingualism in the United States, and LGBT matters.
The origin of the term is traced to Charles Krauthammer, a conservative political columnist, commentator, and psychiatrist, who coined the phrase Bush derangement syndrome in 2003 during the presidency of George W. Bush. That "syndrome" was defined by Krauthammer as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the ...
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.
Prior to the 1950's, Hispanic political affiliation swayed back and forth between the two major parties. From the American Civil War to the Great Depression, the majority of American Hispanics, as well as the majority of African-Americans, were Republicans.
In a Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 2 race that is held by a Republican and features two veteran Republican politicians, a 27-year-old small business owner making his political debut ...
Jaime Herrera Beutler (born 1978) Mexican Republican: Washington: Jan 3, 2011: Jan 3, 2023: Lost renomination Raúl Labrador (born 1967) Puerto Rican: Republican: Idaho: Jan 3, 2011: Jan 3, 2019: Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Governor of Idaho: David Rivera (born 1965) Cuban Republican: Florida: Jan 3, 2011 ...
Party membership is a formal form of affiliation with a party, often involving registration with a party organization. [ 18 ] Party membership can serve as an 'anchor' on a voter's party identification, such that they remain with the party even when their views differ from declared party platforms.