The other Nuevo Mexico
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By Carter Bundy New Mexico has the name, but Nevada is pretty close to a real New Mexico. In Nevada, there’s a huge first-generation Mexican-American population that does the hard work that makes Las Vegas so popular. The food, the cleanliness, the rapidly-developing infrastructure and room availability – none of it happens without first-generation Mexican Americans. Last Saturday, they gave us all a lesson in what it means to be an American. I write this not as a Hillary supporter (I am, although I think highly of the other candidates as well), nor as a member of a union that did a lot of good work in Nevada with our members (humbly, I think we did). Continue Reading