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VIDEO: On the Christie’s Auction of Taíno Artifacts

The auctioning of Taíno artifacts at Christie’s in Paris has led to a firestorm on social media, as Puerto Ricans and Taíno descendants call on the auction house to return items they believe were stolen and rightly belong to the people of Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 10:32 AM

Gig Workers vs. Big Tech (A Latino USA Podcast)

We follow a group of drivers who are mobilizing across California and using their own technology to take on Big Tech.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 10:26 AM

How a National Costume Speaks to Shifting Resistance in Puerto Rico (OPINION)

On Thursday, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez presented her national costume, a garment directly connecting to Colón Ramírez’s identity and pride as a Black Puerto Rican woman.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 9:55 AM

The Humans Who Feed Us

Latino Rebels Radio: November 18, 2021

  • Nov 18, 2021
  • 5:10 PM

The War on Cuba (EPISODE 5)

Most media organizations portrayed the unprecedented protests that erupted across Cuba on July 11 as a cry for freedom against Communism. But Episode 5 of Belly of the Beast’s documentary series “The War on Cuba” shows that the reality was far more complex.

  • Nov 18, 2021
  • 4:46 PM

‘Gentefied’: Shifting the Narrative on Immigration One Episode at a Time

In only two short seasons, the Netflix series ‘Gentefied’ makes a bold and well-founded statement that your country of birth does not define the identities you can claim and the rights you should be awarded.

  • Nov 18, 2021
  • 3:19 PM

What Defines a Free Cuba? (OPINION)

Freedom and liberty in Cuba mean different things based on who you ask in the majority Black and Mulatto island nation

  • Nov 18, 2021
  • 2:25 PM

Latinas Are Winning, As They Should (OPINION)

Latinas are making tremendous strides in education, politics, business, media, the arts — everywhere. But Latinas have only begun to get their due.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 8:02 PM

García Padilla, el cabildero de Rosselló y los funcionarios que le abren las puertas a LUMA

Figuras con acceso privilegiado impulsan a la empresa que administra el sistema de transmisión y distribución de electricidad de Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 5:34 PM

Embrace, Engage and Employ Parents and Families in Pursuit of Latinx Student Success

Cultural assets, including the many ways of being and knowing that Latinx students bring with them from their homes and communities to college, boost their persistence, retention, and ultimately lead to their graduation.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 4:16 PM

Puerto Rican Utopia, Cuba Redux (OPINION)

History has a way of repeating itself, and in many ways Batista’s Cuba is echoed in today’s Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 1:48 PM

From EL FARO ENGLISH: Salvadoran Soccer Team, a California Export

On September 8, El Salvador’s men’s national team suited up for its World Cup qualifying match against Canada with five of the eleven starters born in the United States.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 11:00 AM

Latinas Meet to Strategize and Gain Equality at the 2021 LULAC Women’s Conference

Latina political figures, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and heads of various organizations gathered at the 2021 LULAC National Women’s Conference over the weekend discuss and strategize about empowerment and leadership.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 6:16 PM

Court Documents Reveal LUMA CEO’s $1.1 Million Salary

After a warrant was issued last week for the arrest of LUMA CEO Wayne Stensby, the energy company finally gave Puerto Rican legislators documents containing information about employee salaries and communications between Stensby and politicians.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 3:36 PM

Meet Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona’s Homegrown White Nationalist Hero (OPINION)

Rep. Gosar is a white supremacist and a male member of a political party that’s now dominated by white supremacists, a party whose core agenda now has almost nothing to do with so-called traditional Republican values.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 1:58 PM

FEMA Failed to Properly Address Hundreds of Sexual Harassment Cases

A federal audit found that between 2012 and 2018, at least 305 FEMA employees in the United States and its territories, including Puerto Rico, suffered workplace sexual harassment, but their complaints had no verifiable consequence in half of the cases.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 11:20 AM

Sonia Manzano: The Power Of Writing (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this “How I Made It” segment, we talk to Sonia about discovering her love for television writing, and her new animated show, “Alma’s Way.”

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 10:16 AM

AOC Says Some Immigration Advocacy Groups Are ‘Hampering Progress’

“There are certain advocacy groups, national organizations, that may have a footprint here in Washington but do not have a presence in immigrant communities,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with Latino Rebels on Monday evening at the Capitol.

  • Nov 15, 2021
  • 10:52 PM

‘Traveling Sola’: Afro-Latina Hill Aide to Backpack Through Asia

Santos Núñez laments the fact that there are not more Afro-Latinas and LGTBQ Hill staffers like her. “I’ve only met four other Afro-Latinas in all of Congress,” said Santos Núñez, who is the programming director for the Congressional Hispanic Staff Association and a member of the Congressional Black Associates.

  • Nov 15, 2021
  • 4:16 PM

Persistent Murders of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia

In Colombia, news of violence is not news anymore. However, there is a growing phenomenon that has not been reported before: It is now three times more dangerous to be a Venezuelan migrant than a Colombian citizen. 

  • Nov 15, 2021
  • 1:39 PM

Democrat Beto O’Rourke Running for Texas Governor in 2022

Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than anyone else in decades.

  • Nov 15, 2021
  • 11:48 AM

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