Latino Power in Politics

As the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, Latinos' power at the ballot box and shaping public discourse has been rising for the last several election cycles. Certainly the 2016 presidential race proves that. Cristina Beltrán argues in The Trouble With Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity, however, that Latinos do not act as a simple or unified bloc. A New York University professor and regular contributor on media outlets such as MSNBC, Beltrán will discuss the crucial role of Latino voters in local and national politics.