LIVE From South Texas: Purple State?
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In Texas,\\xa040 percent of the state is Latinx\\xa0and by 2022 Latinos are expected\\xa0to be the largest demographic group in Texas, surpassing non-Hispanic white people. Maria and Julio discuss the demographic and political changes that Texas is going through. For this live show from the Borderland, they\'re joined by\\xa0Cristina Tzintz\\xfan Ram\\xedrez, executive director of Jolt, and\\xa0Efr\\xe9n Olivares, racial and economic justice program director with the Texas Civil Rights Project.\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 ITT Staff Picks:
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- As demographics shift, Latinos in Texas are claiming the majority and seeing themselves in the center of the national story,\\xa0by Michelle Garc\\xeda\\xa0in Guernica\'s series,\\xa0Rewriting the West\\n \\n
- Latino turnout surged in the 2018 Midterms. Then Texas questioned 98,000 voters\\u2019 citizenship, by\\xa0Roque Planas in HuffPost\\n \\n
- Democrats had historic gains in Texas in 2018. They\'re setting their sights on even more in 2020, via\\xa0The Texas Tribune\\nFor information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy \\xa0
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