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							<title>Julián Castro Is Selling &#8220;Adiós Trump&#8221; Shirts and We&#8217;re Totally Getting One</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re hot, you&#8217;re hot – and right now, Julián Castro is burning up. The presidential candidate hit it out of the ballpark on the first night of the Democratic debates and he does not want to lose momentum. While others have mixed feelings about the non-Latino candidates speaking awkward Spanish, Castro kept it simple]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[After a couple of months of anticipation, Julián Castro has officially announced that he is running for the U.S. presidency in 2020. &#8220;When my grandmother got here almost a hundred years ago, I&#8217;m sure she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the]]></description>
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							<title>What the 2018 Midterm Outcomes Means for Latinx People</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In what will certainly go down as one of the most historical elections (and election years) in United States history, the 2018 midterm results offered significant change, foreshadowing, and hope for citizens who are rapidly becoming the new American majority. More than 17 percent of votes were cast by new voters in an election that]]></description>
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							<title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back at GOP Rep Who Called Her a “Girl or Whatever”</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been killing it. The Democratic socialist defeated long-term Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district last month. But there are a number of old, white Republican men who can’t seem to wrap their heads around the fact that this 28-year-old Bronx-born, Puerto Rican woman keeps on rising. In fact, Rep.]]></description>
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							<title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back at Conservative TV Host Who Questioned Her ‘Bronx Upbringing’</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Do not mess with Bronx-born, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Puerto Rican New York Democratic congressional candidate recently tore up a conservative TV host who tweeted a picture of her childhood, while inaccurately trying to discredit her. Oh did she put him in his place! Host of Newsmax’s America Talks Live thought it would be cute to]]></description>
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							<title>Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Trump Doesn’t Know ‘How To Deal With a Girl From The Bronx’</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[On Thursday night, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made her first appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The 28-year-old Puerto Rican from the Bronx had a stunning victory on Tuesday, defeating long-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary. Her 15-point win went against all odds and proved that the country really is ready for some]]></description>
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							<title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won and Defeated One Of The Most Powerful House Democrats</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, the primary elections took place yesterday in New York, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, and Maryland. Bronx-born Puerto Rican, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated her opposer Rep. Joe Crowley, who is actually one of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Her win defeated all odds but folks came out and]]></description>
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							<title>Stacey Abrams Could Become The Nation’s First Black Woman Governor</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 16:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[History is being made with some of these 2018 primary elections. But what was probably one of the biggest highlights of Tuesday night was when Stacey Abrams, former minority leader in Georgia’s House of Representative, became the first Black woman to win a major party’s nomination for governor. Her victory in Georgia’s Democratic primary  is]]></description>
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							<title>Gay Latina Lupe Valdez Wins Nomination For Texas Governor</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Araceli Cruz]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 12:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Lupe Valdez scored a huge victory last night in Texas. The former Sheriff of Dallas County — and openly gay U.S. veteran — beat Andrew White in the Democratic runoff and now is officially running to be Texas governor. In the November election, Valdez will face Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. If she wins, not only will she]]></description>
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							<title>7 Latina Firsts in Recent Politics</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Right now, the country is more divided than ever, and putting our trust in the government seems impossible at times. But in the darkness we seem to be plunged in, there are rays of sparkling light that signal that all hope is not lost. The election this past Tuesday, proved to signal that there&#8217;s still]]></description>
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