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Stephen A. Nuño

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Stephen A. Nuño, Ph.D., is an NBC Latino contributor and an assistant professor in the department of politics and international affairs at Northern Arizona University. He is currently writing a book on Republican outreach into the Latino community.

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File Photo: (L-R) Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, George Gresham, Michael Mulgrew, John Payton, Rev. Al Sharpton, Benjamin Jealous, Barbara Arnwine and U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel attend a march to protect voting rights on the United Nations Human Rights Day on the Streets of Manhattan on December 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/WireImage, File)

If men were angels, the Voting Rights Act would not be necessary

2:55 PM on 2/27/2013

James Madison wrote in Federalist 51 that, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary." The Voting Rights Act acknowledges these wise words in pursuit of greater liberty for minorities, at a minimal expense to the majority. Read More

Children return to school on December 18, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, four days after the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre. (John Moore/Getty Images)

No one talks about armed guards already in Latino schools

10:31 AM on 1/11/2013

Lost in the discussion over the horror of armed guards in schools is that many minority children already go to school overseen by armed guards without so much as a peep from these folks. Read More