Latino Rebels

Yesterday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued a new resolution for President Obama regarding his decision to delay executive action on immigration relief until after the midterms election, because, you know, politics. The CHC declaration, although forceful in its language, does not got as far as a letter four Democratic representatives shared this week. Here is […]

Released yesterday, the National Latino Media Council (NLMC) gave English-language TV networks in the U.S. a “mixed bag” review for “the 2013-2014 television season, based on the employment of Latino actors, writers, producers, directors, and entertainment executives; program development; procurement; and commitment to diversity and transparency.” The top-line conclusions were shared in a press release: […]

So a few weeks ago, we reported about a Shut Down All Ports protest. And guess what? It looks like some type of protest will be happening. All you need to do is go to their public Facebook group page, which lists all the group’s organizers and about 1,725 members. This is what main organizer […]

The following video was shared by DRMAction Coalition. It shows Vice President Joe Biden being asked President Obama’s decision to delay execution action on immigration reform until after the midterms. I think the President made the right decision because I think it would have politicized it so much between now and November that it would […]

Here is the letter Democrats representatives John Lewis (GA), Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ), Jan Schakowsky (IL) and Judy Chu (CA) drafted to President Obama yesterday. The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, We write today to address the future of undocumented immigrants in our country. Every day, […]

Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz, you know, the guy born in Canada and whose dad broke the law and bribed his way out of Cuba, released the following video: What is sad to see is how his people use stereotypical images of “bad immigrants” (scaling walls, looking ‘poor,’ being arrested by Border Patrol) and contrasts it […]

GOOD magazine is a Los Angeles-based “magazine for the global citizen.” The magazine’s Twitter profile has over 930,000 followers, and yesterday morning, GOOD’s Twitter decided to tweet this out: The reference to Mexico’s September 16 Independence Day holiday as being “less douchey” than Cinco de Mayo, led you to a story called, “Put on a […]

We don’t know what is more awkward in the following video from Florida Gov. Rick Scott and his wife, Ann. The deer in the headlights looks into the camera or the Spanish spoken at the end. Because you know, what better way to be culturally sensitive to people than speaking Spanish that makes us want […]

Last year, House Republicans published the following video at the beginning of Hispandering (sorry, Hispanic) Heritage Month: You remember late 2013, right? When the GOP-controlled House was preparing immigration reform principles that were released this past January? Guess they needed to do a YouTube video for their “Latino outreach.” You know, soften the message from […]

Yesterday during’s Mexico’s September 16 Independence Day celebration in Mexico City’s iconic Zócalo plaza —in front of president Enrique Peña Nieto, a cadre of national leaders and a national TV audience— this happened. (H/T Sin Embargo) Social media also included pictures of the flag gaffe. Se cae la bandera nacional previo al desfile -FOTOS http://t.co/faPbrwXdD7 […]

You would think by now, sororities and fraternities would just stop with hosting dumb events in racist costumes, but apparently not. This weekend, Cal State Fullerton’s Daily Titan reported the following: Cal State Fullerton sorority Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi), Zeta Alpha chapter is facing serious sanctions following a culturally inappropriate “Taco Tuesday” recruitment event last […]

We got the following video from a loyal Latino Rebels Facebook fan, along with this text: “In honor of Hispandering month are any of you old enough to remember this scene from Hill Street Blues with René Enríquez where he laid the smack down?” This scene needs no explanation. Watch. Now for all of you […]

A viral video published by the Facebook page of Por el amor en el caserío shows 13-year-old David Santiago Román, a resident of the Luis Llorens Torres housing project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, giving the island’s current governor, Alejandro García Padilla, some advice about how to make life in U.S. territory better for kids. […]

As reported by Buzzfeed last night, several organizations from across the political spectrum are using Hispanic Heritage Month to register more U.S. Latino voters before this year’s 2014 midterm elections. Latinos2014 is a new online registration site. According to the group’s press release, the “online voter registration campaign in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month” includes […]

In a video from Iowa posted on YouTube today by Mónica Reyes, former Secretary of State (and potential 2016 presidential candidate) Hillary Clinton was asked by immigration rights activists what she felt about President Obama’s recent decision to delay action on additional immigration relief. Clinton’s response: ” I think we have to elect more Democrats.” […]

Last week, Luis Fortuño, the former Republican pro-statehood governor of Puerto Rico, was interviewed by PJ Media in Washington, D.C after an appearance at George Washington University. Fortuño has been living in the DC area since losing his re-election bid in 2012. The question of Puerto Rico’s status question (of course) was discussed, but the […]

Excuse us? A fan alerted us to this one. According to BetaBeat, there is now a “selfie sombrero.” No, really there is. Look here. We really thought this was a joke, but then we read this from ACER UK: Acer has collaborated with fashion designer Christian Cowan-Sanluis and created the world’s first Selfie-Hat. The sombrero […]

You would think that the White House can ease up a bit right now when it comes to dealing with U.S. Latino voters, especially after last weekend’s announcement by President Obama to delay immigration relief because (and there is no other way to put this) Democrats are just afraid of Republicans right now. But such is […]

This happened earlier this week in New Mexico. It all started when the conservative site The Weekly Standard posted the following video of New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gary King and remarks he made about his opponent, Republican governor Susana Martinez. The Standard’s headline said this, “NM Dem Says GOP Guv Martinez ‘Does Not Have […]

Just five days after a social media controversy about a new “Bandidos” restaurant opening in San Francisco’s Castro district caught owners off-guard, this afternoon, the owners posted the following statement on their restaurant’s Facebook site: Reaction to the name change has been generally positive, although some think the owners were being too sensitive. Nonetheless, the […]

Oh, boy. Our least favorite time of the year is upon us: Hispandering (sorry, Hispanic) Heritage Month, where everyone wants a piece of the action, because, you know… Latin@s are a hot market! HMM is on, and we are already seeing some of the same sadness that has happened in previous years. Are you ready? […]