Latino Rebels

For those keeping score, here is a series of remarks Senator Marco Rubio said or wrote in 2012 when it came to immigration: For those children that were brought here at a very young age by their parents, through no fault of their own, who has grown up here their entire lives and now want […]

What does “MultiViral” mean to 15 artists from around the world? This video from Calle 13’s official channel explains.

Talk about awkward. Several reports out of Georgia are sharing the account of a rather tense moment between Georgia governor Nathan Deal (R) and immigration activists Tuesday night during an event hosted by the University of Georgia College Republicans. Reporter Blake Aued, who attended the event, live-tweeted the following during Deal’s speech about whether or […]

Remember the guys behind “Frack U. Mexico?” It looks like the filmmaker who created Joe T. Hodo is at it again, this time asking people to help him fund, as he calls it, “the story of Central American migrants in Mexico…and the media’s stupidity in covering it.” Thousands of migrants travel from Central America through […]

This page has written a lot about Sofía Vergara, this generation’s Charo. While some might feel proud of a forced-accent “hot” Latina, most rational people we know aren’t that into what Vergara’s bit represents. So you can imagine that when Vergara decided to do the following during last night’s Emmy show… …it would only perpetuate […]

This story came via Raw Story, which referred to a local Bangor, Maine, paper about how a Bangor native and four other immigration activists have now been charged with “felony lynching” after protesting in Murrieta, California, on July 4. Janet Mathieson, a 22-year-old college student originally from Bangor, told her story to the local Maine […]

Another episode of “Américans with Roberto Lovato” is out. This week Roberto traveled to Escondido, California, where Central American child refugees have arrived, sparking heated debate and controversy. Local activists Ricardo Favela and Olga Diaz explain the mixture of hate with hope. Earlier this week, “Américans” explored 20 years since Prop 187, and last week, […]

Last night, a 2011 musical about Roberto Clemente is currently playing at Chicago’s NightBlue Performing Arts Company: The Chicago Sun-Times profiled lead actor Modesto Lacén and playwright Luis Caballero: “I think Modesto is one of the best actors of his generation,” Caballero says. “To watch Modesto is to watch Clemente.” Lacén knew right from the […]

As you watch the following video, all you need to know is this about the person talking in the video: Tamara Scott is the National Committeewoman for the Republican National Convention. This is what Scott said on her radio show: When we see these kids, you and I think young kids, we think maybe 12-year-olds, […]

It has not been a good week for editors at Big Journo. First, The New York Times went through some online pain for a “Picking Crops” headline about Latino farmers. Now, The Washington Post had to issue an apology (actually, a non-apology) for a “We’ll need more fajitas” subhead about a story on HUD Secretary […]

Andrew Thomas, the Arizona Republican candidate for governor who produced one of the most racist political ads we have ever seen, declining an August 20 candidate forum organized by the conservative LIBRE Initiative group and Univision, which broadcast the forum and translated it to Spanish. Apparently Thomas had issues with the whole concept of the forum. Here […]

This video was posted tonight by @juanitozarate. Some of the language is raw, but Juan’s honesty is real. A must watch. So, what did you do during Ferguson? Peace.

A story published today by Think Progress’ Alice Ollstein entitled, “How Democrats Could Lose The Latino Vote” included a comment from Florida Rep. Joe Garcia (D) about how some immigrant rights groups continue to bring up the fact that President Obama’s immigration record and how lack of action on immigration has become problematic for many […]

This week’s “Américans,” a series on TeleSUR English which Latino Rebels is helping to promote, looks at the roots of the country’s immigration debate and the role California’s Proposition 187 has played. For previous “Américans” episodes hosted by Roberto Lovato, click here.

As expected, John Oliver has weighed in on Ferguson. And we are glad he did.

Last week, LA’s KTLA reported about the August 2 beating death of 37-year-old Omar Abrego at the hands of Los Angeles Police officers. There is a protest scheduled for later today in LA for both Abrego and Ezell Ford, who was shot by LAPD officers. March today for #EzellFord #OmarAbrego #MikeBrown 5:30pm 65th and broadway […]

The day after intense social media reaction to a headline touting the following, “Latinos Move Up, From Picking Crops to Running the Farm,” the digital editors at The New York Times revised the headline from this: To this, “More Latinos on Farms Move From Fields to Office:” The digital article states the following at the […]

UPDATE, August 18, 2014: The Times changed the headline on its digital site. We have been saying this year that the lack of diverse editors at The New York Times is really showing and becoming more and more common. While the country’s “paper of record” has some solid Latin@ reporters on staff, when it comes […]

Earlier this afternoon on New York’s WBAI (audio at the end of this post), Hugo Balta, former President of the National Hispanic Association of Journalists (NAHJ), and Carlie Ericksen, one of NAHJ’s original founding members, discussed the controversy from last weekend’s NAHJ convention in San Antonio, where Ericksen said an NAHJ award given to Fox […]

In an wide-ranging (and unauthorized) interview with The Center for Investigative Reporting, the former head of US. Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs division went on record to publicly criticize the “institutional narcissism” of an agency that is corrupt and sees itself as “a paramilitary border security force.” According to the CIR interview, James F. […]

Rep. Steve King is at it again. His thoughts about Ferguson, Missouri: “This idea of no racial profiling. I’ve seen the video. It looks to me like you don’t need to bother with that particular factor because they all appear to be of a single origin, I should say, a continental origin might be the […]