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What are we listening to this weekend? This. You can download SubVerso’s song here. (H/T @latinoticias) For more about SubVerso, go here.

So a few weeks ago, we penned an open letter to the new Fusion channel that kind of went viral. The response to it was incredible, especially from those who actually felt the same way that we did. We still stand by what we wrote. We always will. A week after we wrote the letter, […]

UPDATE: The event has now been cancelled. Wen it comes to the reaction towards the “Catch an Illegal Immigrant” game promoted by Lorenzo Garcia, the University of Texas-Austin chapter leader of the Young Conservatives of Texas, it is safe to say that everyone thought Garcia’s idea was stupid. Here’s some perspective: yesterday morning at 5:57amET, […]

Ricardo Trade , Executive Director of Brazil’s Organizational Committee for the 2014 World Cup, recently gave an interview in which he spoke about the impact of nationwide protests that have occurred in Brazil since June have had on the event’s planning. He had the following to say, via The Raw Story: “The protests are democratic in […]

Update: yeah, we shared new info about this. See below. We got this one from from a fan: @latinorebels what’re y’alls thoughts on the new #Bordertown show on fox? Almost all latinos on tv are stereotypes :/ http://t.co/InhsNmHjyX — Zenen Jaimes Pérez (@zenenjaimes) November 12, 2013 So we checked it out, and we read that […]

Aeroméxico has released the following statement in response to claims that staff members refused to allow a group of indigenous people to board one of the airline’s flights in Oaxaca due to their clothing and background, as previously reported by Latino Rebels. Oaxaca Case In relation to flight AM544 from Oaxaca to Mexico City this past November 5th, […]

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has launched a Veterans Day postcard petition to demand Congress to pass “commonsense immigration reform” legislation to honor the service of Latino veterans. The postcard, which reads “This Veterans Day Honor Them By Honoring Those They Fight For,” was distributed to LULAC’s 130,000 members to fill out, […]

Yesterday the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) posted that 12 members of the #Dream30 were released. Today, NIYA corrected that to say 11. Here is the latest release it has posted: NATIONAL—Eleven Dreamers were released from El Paso Processing Center last night. There are six more who passed their credible fear interviews, but are still […]

A Brooklyn family is suing New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for discrimination after a bus driver allegedly called their 10-year-old son a “terrorist” and denied him entry for chanting a Muslim prayer in Arabic. The boy, now 12, is suing for civil rights violations and religious discrimination. Here’s what New York Daily News reported earlier […]

Earlier this month we received the following pitch from community member Wendy Gonzalez in response to one of our Facebook comments. Leg Avenue, a company that is currently mocking our culture and tradition. They have two different Day of Dead costumes for those who want to celebrate our traditions in a sexy “darling” way! We […]

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Yes, we know that rivalries are fun and it’s sports, so taking this post seriously might be a mistake, but nonetheless there is something to be said about how classless the social media profiles of the U.S. Men’s Soccer team was last night after the Americans defeated Panama, 3-2, ensuring Mexico a chance to still […]

Moments after President Obama announced that the White House would allow a protest in favor of immigration reform to be held in the National Mall, numerous media outlets and political figures accused the president of handing out political favors. Under the headline “Obama OKs illegals’ march on Mall, still blocks Americans,” White House Correspondent Neil […]

This is a developing story, for any new updates check out the #Not1More and #ShutdownIce hashtags on Twitter. You can also follow updates on Facebook. Here is what we know right now: according to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and the Arizona Daily Star, “U.S. Marshals and security officers were trying to remove immigration activists who […]

We still don’t know what the fox says, but we know what Fox News has to say, and once again it’s nonsense. Here’s the rundown of their latest bout of ignorance, courtesy of The Raw Story. Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Wednesday found a new reason to dislike President Barack Obama’s health care reform law: […]

Much is being said about FOX’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, and it not surprising that the reviews of the show are fantastic. But what do you expect when you pair the creators of “Parks and Recreation” with talents such Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher? The show is funny, very funny, but the best part of it all? […]

Tomorrow 30 DREAMers will hold a second border protest to bring more attention to the growing inaction on immigration reform and a deportation policy by the Obama administration that has reached record highs. While many will question why now, we take a moment a remind everyone that this is all about real lives and real […]

Originally published in Pa’lante Latino on September 23, 2011 We live in a time where revolutionary sentiments unite people under one cause to help them topple dictatorships, sanguine regimes and challenge government policies.  It is no surprise that such outcry is spreading around the world. From Egypt to Libya to Wall Street, people have become aware about the power of collective demonstrations. […]

Today there is another 9/11. As one outlet puts its, “that infamous date was synonymous with another assault against democracy: the military coup that toppled socialist president Salvador Allende in 1973 and installed a brutal 17-year dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet.” This is a video of Allende’s last speech. Here is an another shorter video. […]