Latino Rebels

Yes, one January 3 tweet from @ChipsterLife has turned into something bigger. One headline about “illegals” above a photo of unidentified people at a DMV not only led to incredibly intense reaction online, but it also caused a January 8 protest, which a reporter from the Santa Barbara News-Press

Last night Deadspin posted a Vine showing Showtime’s Jim Gray about to interview Albuquerque native Fidel Maldonado, a Mexican American boxer who lost his fight to Amir Imam. As the Vine shows, Gray asked Maldonado a question but then turned to his trainer first, who said, “He speaks English.” That was awkward. By the way, […]

This week’s episode of “Rebel Report” has host R.J. Aguiar sharing his thoughts about three other tragedies very few people know about: Andy Lopez, Alex Nieto and David Sal Silva.

This morning, our founder @julito77 was having a cup of coffee in East Milton Square (about 7 miles south of downtown Boston) when he saw that the traffic in the square was heavier than normal. He went out to the overpass (which he said wasn’t that crowded yet) and saw that Interstate 93 North was […]

So the very talented Joanna Hausmann just shared her latest Flama video with us. It needs no more explanation.

As expected, the crazy just got crazier in the controversy surrounding The Santa Barbara News-Press and how its xenophobic “journalism.” Taking a cue from the paper’s story last week —which blatantly implied that people who protested the newspaper last Thursday and left “The Border Is Illegal Not The People Who Cross It” graffiti on the […]

For the record, we flipping love Al Madrigal, so we have no problem shamelessly promoting his January 22 “Half Like Me” special on Fusion. Here is the trailer. (PS, yeah that’s Lalo Alcaraz and Gustavo Arellano, too) (H/T @hugobalta)

On January 5, we shared the news of John Paul Quintero, a 23-year-old who was shot to death by Wichita police. The story has gotten a lot of local attention in Kansas, but no national media attention. Last week, facing mounting criticism on how it officers acted when confronting Quintero (whom police claimed reached for […]

We will never forget what actor and Golden Globe winner Gina Rodríguez said tonight: “This award is so much more than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes.” Yeah, we cried. That Gina Rodríguez speech right now? We cried too. #GoldenGlobes — Latino Rebels (@latinorebels) January 12, 2015 And it […]

After taking a break for the holidays, a new “Rebel Report” with host R.J. Aguiar is out. This week, R.J. shares his resolutions for 2015. For more episodes, catch them here. Post by Flama.

Who knew that the following image from the front page of The Santa Barbara News-Press tweeted to us by @ChipsterLife on January 4 would lead to the story winding up in outlets such as the LA Times and FOX News? But that is exactly what happened this week after there was a protest Thursday night […]

The following video is incredibly graphic, but it needs to be shown. It is dashboard video from the police car of officer Grant Morrison, a member of the Billings Police Department in Montana. This week, officer Morrison was cleared of any charges in the fatal shooting of Richard Ramirez, an unarmed individual pulled over during […]

Guess it’s 2015 and using the word “illegals” as a noun is back in vogue again. Latest example comes from Rasmussen Reports, a conservative polling group that pretends to be fair and unbiased. Yeah, right. This is a screen grab of the email digest the group sent today: Click on that and you get to […]

As part of yesterday’s #USTired2 national protests against Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, this YouTube video was tweeted to us today by @asambleahouston:

Chuckle, chuckle, oh these witty comedy sites. Take the example of the latest “satire” written by Janet Eve Josselyn for the Points in Case site. Josselyn —who calls Dover, Massachusetts, her home (you should know that Dover is one really white and rich town)— decided to get all “witty” with her “humor” in a piece called […]

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This is what local Kansas media is reporting about the January 3 death of John Paul Quintero: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Yesterday, the Quintero family shared a statement with the media: My name is Alina Quintero. I am the cousin of John Paul Quintero and the spokesperson for our family. At this time I’m […]

It’s 2015 and do you know where your latest xenophobia is coming from? The Santa Barbara News-Press, which has been around since 1855. Earlier today @ChipsterLife tweeted us the following image from the newspaper’s Saturday edition: We shared the image on our Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Not surprisingly, people reacted. The photo went viral so […]

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The following video, called “Missing Piece,” shows how Barrios Unidos in Santa Cruz, California, has rallied around #Ayotzinapa. You can read more here.

This past Saturday, Latino Rebels Radio co-host Sharis Delgadillo took her camera to the Millions March demonstration in Los Angeles. Here is a video that Sharis filmed and edited.