Latino Decisions Blog
NBCNews: Latino voters aren’t apathetic, Sanders’ Nevada win shows. Stop blaming them for low turnout.
Stephen Nuño-Perez, Senior Analyst, wrote a piece for NBCNews on Latino mobilization following the Nevada caucus: For decades, pundits have referred to the rapidly growing Latino population as a sleeping…
Latino Decisions in the Washington Post: Democratic primary polls are under-representing minorities
Matt Barreto, principle of Latino Decisions, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. Dr. Barreto addresses the under-representation of minorities in polling samples and the impact this…
The Relevance of Media, Social Contact and Positive Contact on Stereotypes of Latinos
A recent Latino Decisions/National Hispanic Media Coalition (LD/NHMC) report explores the impact that media stereotypes of immigrants and Latinos have on non-Latinos’ negative attitudes toward these groups. Some of the…
Why Hispanic Heritage Month Awareness Really Matters
This article was originally published at NBC LATINO On this eve of Hispanic Heritage Month, I can’t help but feel frustrated. According to a poll released this week by the…
How media stereotypes about Latinos fuel negative attitudes towards Latinos
Latino Decisions was commissioned by the National Hispanic Media Coalition to assess how non-Hispanics across the country view the image of Latinos in the media today, and whether or not…