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On Thursday night, January 10, 2013, prominent AZ-based DREAMer activist Erika Andiola sent out Facebook pleas to stop the detainment of her undocumented mother and brother. Working together, prominent DREAMers fired up an aggressive social media campaign to bring publicity to her situation. Her massive network of allies seeded a phone tree to find legal […]

Of course this is in South Carolina, why not? Today’s #NoMames is clearly this Taco Cid shirt that was posted on the Palmetto Public Record’s online page yesterday. Are you f-ing kidding us? Nope. Apparently not. And the Taco Cid company actually addressed the shirt with a statement on its web site. We’re not racists. […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications via radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. Their job is to promote competition, innovation and investment by identifying and eliminating market entry barriers for entrepreneurs including minority- and women-owned businesses, but the FCC is about to be even more lax with its media ownership rules. […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rodolfo F. Acuña has given anyone permission to repost the following essay he wrote in response to CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette’s recent columns about the DREAMers. For more about Prof. Acuña, you can visit his bio. He is not affiliated with LatinoRebels.com. This post is on several other sites as well. We are […]

Beware: the front cover boasts a blurb line courtesy of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong—”Cristy C. Road is a badass.” This six-chapter graphic novela takes a curious look back at the often painful crossroads of the US-born Latino bicultural experience and the awkward gelling of artistic and sexual identity. Cristy C. Road’s Miami childhood, commandeered by powerful matriarchs and the […]

Publisher’s Note: I thought long and hard about giving CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette more attention on this page, since quite frankly, I have grown tired of his boorish social media behavior and the content of his columns. But maybe that is part of his master plan: to use his platform to become the Latino Rush […]

When approached today by reporters at an event in Puerto Rico, WAPA-TV president Joe Ramos addressed the recent controversy surrounding “SuperXclusivo,” his network’s top-rated show, and La Comay, the show’s puppet host played by actor Kobbo Santarrosa. Ramos, who will not comment to this outlet after several interview requests were made through WAPA’s established procedures, […]

Looks like Puerto Rico is waking up after rallying behind a social media campaign against WAPA's "SuperXClusivo" show, hosted by puppet called La Comay (portrayed by actor Kobbo Santarrosa). The incredibly popular show (seen both in Puerto Rico and in the US through WAPA América) sucks. It is a bastion of all that is bad […]

Today the Congressional Hispanic Caucus released a new set of principles on immigration reform, an issue that has gotten a lot of post-election attention from both sides of the aisle. The principles cover a wide array of topics, and they also call for all undocumented immigrants in the United States to submit to background checks, […]

Another Puerto Rican man was murdered over the holiday. You've heard his name before, it was Hector. (In fact, Hector was one of more than 20 who were murdered in Puerto Rico.) When the news broke, the stories coming out were tearful and full of prayers, until Monday rolled around. I guess everyone was done mourning. By then […]

This just in from our friends at Cuéntame.   SCROLL DOWN TO SIGN! Help make change by holding Walmart corporate managers accountable to hourly employees and the public for their practices. Join with community leaders in major cities across America to make sure that any new jobs offered by Walmart meet strong standards for healthy, growing […]

This Election Day Minnesotans will vote on Amendment 2, also known as the Voter ID law. You can read up as to the many reasons why a NO vote is the way to go or you can just recall one YES group's racist images in the early days of the campaign. No matter, you should watch the following […]

A recent Tumblr post that has gotten reblogged over 60 times since it has been orginally posted (which is pretty good for Tumblr), is featuring a "Visit Mexico" tee by BustedTees.com that shows a gun behind the tee's logo. Unde the tagline, "Visit Mexico: You'll never want to leave. Or be able to," the tee is […]

The GOP presidential race just got even weirder the last two days, and Puerto Rico is right at the center of it. With a GOP primary scheduled for Sunday March 18 in Puerto Rico—a US territory (most say colony) since 1898 and a place where its residents have been US citizens since 1917—the quest for […]

Social media is quick and social media is brutal. If you are going to use platforms like Twitter, expect to be called out, no matter who you are or what you do. EVERYONE is now a web page, and every profile is just as important as every other profile. The ability to quickly send out […]

This "Sh*t" parodies never end. Here we go again with "Sh*t White Girls Say to Latinas."

Here is an update from Tucson Unified School District on the book ban.    From TUSD: Reports of TUSD book ban completely false and misleading Tucson Unified School District (January 17, 2012) Tucson, AZ, Jan. 17,2011 – Tucson Unified School District has not banned any books as has been widely and incorrectly reported. Seven books […]

Equality for all people is long overdue.

Every cause has an effect, and when media was limited and owned by a select few, effects that came out of the causes were easier to control and shape. Now that everyone has a camera, a smartphone, wifi, social networks, friends, followers, email, texts, uploads, downloads, the old media is dead. It is not coming […]

Leave it to the sensitive folks at Coors to miss the mark on Latino marketing. A new ad campaign by Coors for the upcoming Puerto Rican Parade has ignited a controversy that has offended many Puerto Ricans living in the Yankee Stadium section of The Bronx. As reported by WPIX: There is a new controversy […]

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