Cindy Casares is a columnist for the
Texas Observer. She is also the founding Editor of Guanabee Media, an English-language, pop culture blog network about Latinos established in 2007. She has a Master's in Mass Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter. Prior to her career in journalism, she spent ten years in New York City as an advertising copywriter. During her undergraduate career at the University of Texas she served under Governor Ann Richards as a Senate Messenger during the 72nd Texas Legislature.
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“Sovereignty or Secession” Rally in Austin, Texas on August 29, 2009. Lately the media has made much of Texas secession, a so-called movement made [...] Full Story
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Every so often, the GOP is beaten badly enough that some Republicans realize that appearing to support immigrants might be their ticket to relevancy with Latinos. That time has come again for retiring U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Arizona). The pair recently filed an alternative to the DREAM Act called the ACHIEVE Act. Full Story
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It almost seems as if state Sen. Dan Patrick, the talk-radio Republican from Houston, spends his free time thinking up ways to antagonize people who are already in a politically disadvantaged position. Full Story
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How many minority students at a university are enough? That was the question facing the U.S. Supreme Court last month during oral arguments in [...] Full Story
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The race between Democrat-turned-Republican state Rep. J.M. Lozano and former state Rep. Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles in House District 43 should make for an interesting [...] Full Story
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I first read about the Battle of Medina while researching a story about the March unveiling of the Tejano Monument at the state Capitol. [...] Full Story
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Texas. Even for Texans, the word calls to mind cowboys, cattle barons and oil tycoons, but how many of those do you know? Even [...] Full Story
