Most important read of the day: The Coming Hispanic Civil Rights Movement

Articles: The Coming Hispanic Civil Rights Movement:
"the Hispanic teenage single motherhood rate has now crept up above that of blacks, and the high-school dropout rate of Hispanics nationwide is nearly double that of blacks according to the Pew Hispanic Center Study Between Two Worlds."

.....It cannot be emphasized too strongly that in cities controlled by Democrats, the party is very effective at suppressing change in its own ranks.

The Chicago Machine had confined blacks into highly segregated communities since 1900, and politicians who wanted to represent them had to be Democrats. 

Dr. King marched in northern cities as an outsider because he had to be an outsider.

The 4th Congressional District, represented by Hispanic Luis Gutierrez, is 75% Hispanic.

Chicago now has 14 Wards, out of a total of 50, that are 65% or more Hispanic. 

Mayor Daley II and his brother Bill Daley both courted Hispanic political leaders and promised them jobs in City Hall in return for support for Daley when he first ran for Mayor in 1989. 

Daley II then created a Hispanic submachine, the HDO -- Hispanic Democratic Organization -- and gave them city jobs. 

The Hispanic Aldermen and women will not rock the Machine boat.