identity politics

A few men pray in an open room

What's it like to be a Muslim voter in polite, largely Christian Wisconsin?

The politicians and staff are gone now that the state's primary is over, but some residents are left to deal with animosity stirred this political season.

What's it like to be a Muslim voter in polite, largely Christian Wisconsin?
immigration rally

This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one 'Latino vote'

This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one 'Latino vote'
Air Force One carrying US President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana's international airport, March 20, 2016.

Forget your stereotypes. Here's a young Cuban American who opposes rapprochement, and an older one who supports it.

Forget your stereotypes. Here's a young Cuban American who opposes rapprochement, and an older one who supports it.
Trump citizenship

Donald Trump fuels citizenship drive among immigrants

Donald Trump fuels citizenship drive among immigrants
Ted Cruz gestures at Donald Trump from behind debate podiums

Trump reminds her of what her parents fled in Poland — so she's supporting Ted Cruz

Trump reminds her of what her parents fled in Poland — so she's supporting Ted Cruz
Democratic presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wave before the start of the Univision News and Washington Post Democratic debate in Kendall, Florida on March 9, 2016

Democratic candidates: Quit your 'Hispandering,' says Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas

During Wednesday's Democratic debate, the anchor and moderator called out Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on previous stances on immigration, and how they've changed.

Democratic candidates: Quit your 'Hispandering,' says Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas
David Wright talks to the media in Richardso, Texas in  December of 2015.

To this shotgun-carrying mosque protester, Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric has gone too far

Even for a man who protests outside mosques with a shotgun, Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric has gone too far.

To this shotgun-carrying mosque protester, Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric has gone too far
Pola Hansberger

Trump won big on Super Tuesday. This Nicaraguan immigrant wants to make sure he keeps on winning.

Pola Hansberger migrated to the US in 1964 — "legally," she says. She wants to make that clear, and she also wants to make Donald Trump the next president, because "he already has made America great."

Trump won big on Super Tuesday. This Nicaraguan immigrant wants to make sure he keeps on winning.
WILLIAM JOHNSON

'Hitler without the mustache.' Why — and how — a white nationalist group is backing Trump.

Experts who study America's extremist white supremacist groups say there's clear evidence that many of them are supporting Donald Trump's candidacy for the presidency, drawn to him by his rhetoric on illegal immigration and Muslims.

'Hitler without the mustache.' Why — and how — a white nationalist group is backing Trump.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971 to Cuban parents.

An El Salvador-born Rubio supporter says his candidate can fix broken immigration system

This Salvadoran American supports Marco Rubio on immigration. "We can't break laws just because," he argues.

An El Salvador-born Rubio supporter says his candidate can fix broken immigration system
Clockwise from top left, any of these four could be the US' first female, Latino, Jewish or Latino president.

In this era of identity, are we actually voting less along identity lines?

Women who won't vote Clinton just because she's a woman. Latinos who won't vote Rubio or Cruz because they're Latinos. Why is this the case, when we're more focused than ever on defining our identity?

In this era of identity, are we actually voting less along identity lines?
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio smiles as South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks to reporters before a campaign event in Anderson, South Carolina February 18, 2016.

In Nevada, presidential candidates face their first test with Latinos

Four out of five of Nevada's Latinos went for President Barack Obama four years ago. But the Republicans are putting forward a Latino native son.

In Nevada, presidential candidates face their first test with Latinos
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, left, and Marco Rubio, right, are Latino, but their experiences as such are different from a large number of the US' Latino population.

Would Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio do better if they were Afro-Latinos?

If they were, would the presidential candidates make a different impact on minority voters? This political reporter says they might be more relatable if they weren't both white males, despite being Latino.

Would Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio do better if they were Afro-Latinos?
Iowan Maria Alcivar caucused and voted yesterday for the first time.

This Latina was undocumented for 14 years — she just taught others to caucus

After a childhood of pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes and singing the national anthem, Iowa caucus veteran Maria Alcivar finally feels American.

This Latina was undocumented for 14 years — she just taught others to caucus