Latino Rebels

So this weekend, our friend Dawn Page had a chance to ask Sean Penn about the “green card” joke a few weeks ago during the Oscars. After a long and rather privileged response, Sean closed with the following, “I don’t give a fuck about all this.” Seriously, Sean, a little humility instead of a typically […]

Latest #RebelReport is up. This week, R.J. addresses Michelle Rodríguez’s comments from last week on TMZ.

The shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, Washington, last month has led another family to share troubling details about the death of Brad Jensen, which happened last year in Pasco. Here is the report from local media. NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | For more, read here.

Picture this: You watch West Side Story and you decide you want to be our next Rita Moreno. You know it takes exceptional talent, education and a massive amount of work to get there. You tirelessly work on your goal, keeping your eyes on the awards. You’re finally called for an audition and you meet […]

Hey, we get it. Cuba is a really touchy subject. You don’t have to remind us. It is a topic that generates intense passion and opinions. We know. With that said, last night a lot of the Rebeldes caught Conan Brien’s show, which was filmed in La Habana over the course of four days. Were […]

Here is a very telling video released today from Media Matters: For more about the report, read it here.

This the text of a March 3 letter delivered from Consejo Latino in Pasco to Shawn Sant, the prosecutor for Franklin County, Washington, regarding the shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes. Consejo Latino 900 North Road 64 Pasco, WA 99301 3 March 2015 Mr. Shawn Sant Prosecutor Franklin County Pasco, Washington 99301 Re: Police Shooting – […]

We turned our readers onto Kansas City band Making Movies a couple of years ago, and it looks like they’re continuing to tell stories of the Latino experience—not only through their music, but via community involvement and in sharing the stories of friends and fans they’ve made while touring. Recently, Making Movies connected with the […]

A very worthy video to catch when you can.

Yesterday on MSNBC, immigration attorney Matthew Kolken discussed an issue that is not being discussed during the political debate surrounding President Obama’s executive action on immigration relief. Watch.

We received the following released this weekend, and we would like to share it (we also added photos from today’s action in Phoenix): National Week of Action calling for release of transgender asylum seeker from abusive immigration detention center What: #FreeNicoll National Week of Action When: Monday March 2 through Thursday March 5 Where: Phoenix, […]

Our favorite puppets have a new episode. For more, go to Hey Vato.

Remember a few weeks ago when a University of Texas fraternity’s “border patrol” party led to a letter of concern from UT students? According to local reports out of UT, university officials see no problem with the party and the Fiji frat won’t face any penalties or punishment from the school: Texas Fiji’s “border patrol” […]

In 2013, we were one of the first groups to share a video of drivers who refused to comply with DHS agents’ requests for information at their checkpoints. The video continues to be shared and it has made the social rounds so much, that someone asked us to share it again. Here it is: http://youtu.be/u4Ku17CqdZg […]

This just in from actor Michelle Rodríguez. You can read more here. Dear Michelle, you are missing the point. It’s not about “stealing.” You can still “be the change” but you can also remind people what the real issue is. Because there’s a TON of creativity out there, but the access is not there and […]

Watch as R.J. Aguiar of “Rebel Report” weaves the #Penndejo with history.

In response to the Jessica Hérnandez autopsy released yesterday by the Denver medical examiner, Hérnandez family attorney Qusair Mohamedbhai shared the following statement with the media last night: The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner has classified the death of Jessica Hérnandez as a homicide. The report shows that Jessie was shot from the driver’s […]

Today, Democracy Now! did a longer segment on the shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes.

This is CNN video from this morning of Consejo Latino leader Felix Vargas discussing the latest in the shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, Washington.

When La Madre Tierra set off to explore New Mexico last summer, they kept hearing about Ángel Peña as the go-to person to talk about the then newly created Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument in Las Cruces. A cultural organizer with the New Mexico Wilderness Society, Ángel is definitely not who comes to mind when […]

Today, we received the following email from actor Roland Ruiz, who played the role of Enrique in Boyhood, the Oscar-nominated film by Richard Linklater. Rolando reached out to us a few days back to let us know that he wanted to respond to the debate regarding an opinion piece by Dr. Grisel Acosta entitled “Racism in BOYHOOD […]