Politics

To Bring Our Brothers Home: Yes on 47

Abuse at the hands of law enforcement has been making headlines as of late. From Oakland to Ferguson to Iguala, communities _domestically and abroad— have been coming together to scream “¡ya basta!” to police brutality. But there is another kind of abuse at the hands of law enforcement that rarely occupies the public discourse but […]

  • Oct 24, 2014
  • 8:57 AM

Texas Latinos to FCC Commissioner: Protect Our Internet

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  • Oct 23, 2014
  • 3:23 PM

Powerful Viral Video of Mexican Youth Protesting Missing Students

UPDATE: The Facebook video has been removed but it is still on YouTube. The following video below posted last night on Facebook has already gotten over 100,000 shares on Facebook. It shows students from Sonora, Mexico, protesting the missing students from Ayotzinapa teachers’ college in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The world is waking up […]

  • Oct 23, 2014
  • 10:20 AM

An Open Letter to New York’s Governor Cuomo on Dominican Republic Citizenship Problem

Dear Governor Cuomo, As members of the Dominican-American community in New York City, we were appalled that, during a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, you failed to address a grave situation of ongoing human rights violations in the country. Since a ruling issued by the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal last year, the Dominican government has […]

  • Oct 23, 2014
  • 8:27 AM

The Mike Brown Rebellion, Part One: A New ‘Ñ Don’t Stop’ Video

As a follow-up to a #FergusonOctober commentary piece he wrote last Friday for this page, Rebel Diaz’s Rodrigo Starz wanted to share his group’s latest “Ñ Don’t Stop” episode on TeleSur English: “The Mike Brown Rebellion, Part One.”

  • Oct 21, 2014
  • 8:48 AM

The ‘Less Educated’ City of Salinas Is More Educated Than You Think

Last month, WalletHub labeled Salinas, California, as the second least educated city out of the largest 150 metro areas in the United States. The story was featured on Forbes.com, and soon made headlines in Salinas’ news platforms and across social media. The study, of course, is problematic and flawed on so many levels. First, the WalletHub post defined “educated” while not going […]

  • Oct 20, 2014
  • 8:44 PM

Individual Arraigned in Alleged Connection with Racist Messages at UMass Amherst

Yesterday we posted a piece about racist graffiti at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We now hear from the University’s Chancellor that “an individual has been charged today in court in connection with his alleged involvement in two recent incidents where racist, intimidating messages were scrawled on residence hall doors.” Here is a copy of […]

  • Oct 20, 2014
  • 12:24 PM

The Power of Hip Hop and the Changing of the Guard in #FergusonOctober

Last weekend, thousands of people from all over the country came together in the St. Louis/Ferguson area to participate in a weekend of resistance that organizers called #FergusonOctober. For those that have been living under a rock for the last couple of months, the small town of Ferguson, Missouri, exploded in resistance after the cold-blooded […]

  • Oct 17, 2014
  • 4:06 PM

Working Families Say No More Drug War

This week, nearly 3.5 million working families took a stand against the devastating effects marijuana prohibition has had on the residents of Washington, D.C. SEIU, the nation’s largest private sector labor union, the UFCW and D.C. Working Families came out in support of D.C’s marijuana legalization initiative (Initiative 71) and took a stand against the discriminatory enforcement practices that target […]

  • Oct 17, 2014
  • 12:17 PM

Not Again, Not in Bolivia

Mikhail Bakunin is believed to have said, “If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself.” The influential anarchist thinker was merely articulating a distinction between his anti-statist brand of libertarian socialism and the “dictatorship of the proletariat” prescription by Karl […]

  • Oct 15, 2014
  • 2:49 PM

And in Louisiana, Democrat Mary Landrieu Gets All Neo-Nativist, Too

Who said that all Democrats are all in with Latino voters? Last night, we shared the reprehensible immigration ad by Democratic candidate for Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes that is being played in Kentucky. Today we share this ad by another Democrat: Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, who ran this ad a few weeks ago: This Democrat […]

  • Oct 14, 2014
  • 9:34 AM

Alison Lundergan Grimes: The Democrats’ Newest Immigration Neo-Nativist

The following official ad from the campaign of Democratic candidate for the Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes is quite simply as neo-nativist as the they come. When it comes to immigration, Grimes is running to the right of (wait for it) her Republican opponent, Mitch McConnell. Watch (h/t Buzzfeed). “I approve this message because I’ve never […]

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • 10:56 PM

What Was Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina Thinking?

When Gloria Molina asked me and several other community representatives into a meeting two weeks ago, I was both nervous and hopeful. We had quickly mobilized for the supervisors’ meeting after learning that Los Angeles County was preparing to renew its 287(g) deportation agreement, a contract with immigration authorities to train Los Angeles law enforcement […]

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • 11:02 AM

UPDATE: Disturbing Video of Arizona Police Officer Threatening to Kill Immigrant

UPDATE: The full 12-minute video has been uploaded to YouTube, but then it was taken down. UPDATE: Our publisher reported that Sánchez and his family met with Buckeye’s Police Chief on the afternoon of October 13. UPDATE: The Buckeye Police Department released the following statement on its Facebook page this afternoon, Monday October 13, 2014: […]

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • 8:37 PM

Tejano Boots Are Marching… y estas botas votan

Politico recently ran a piece called “Hispanics Won’t Turn Texas Blue.” File it under the category of essays I call “Too Little, Too Soon.” These types of essays have three goals: Convince Latinos that their vote does not matter. Convince Republicans that they are doing better then miserable with Latinos. Dissuade Democrats from doing more to […]

  • Oct 11, 2014
  • 1:07 PM

Social Media Images: October 8 #JusticiaParaAyotzinapa March

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  • Oct 8, 2014
  • 2:58 PM

Mass Murder in Mexico Demands Greater Awakening in US

Reading about Mexico reminds me of El Salvador. Older Salvadoran sensations —the smell of rotting flesh mixed with the sweet fragrance of almond trees, the sight of young faces burned into half skeletons that look like the masks our kids wear for Halloween, the unforgettably sad sound of a dead student’s mother screaming without ceasing— […]

  • Oct 8, 2014
  • 8:02 AM

Mexicans Demand #JusticiaParaAyotzinapa

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  • Oct 6, 2014
  • 3:33 PM

This Is What Mexico’s President Said on CNN About US Immigration Policy

In case you missed it, Enrique Peña Nieto appeared on CNN yesterday Fareed Zakaria. The Mexican president shared his thoughts about the U.S. and immigration. Here is a clip:

  • Oct 6, 2014
  • 12:32 PM

What The President Said Tonight to Latino DC & the Activist Who Interrupted Him

Call this a study in two videos. Here is a portion of what President Obama said tonight at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. (The full video can be seen here.) This is the activist who interrupted him. Her name is Blanca Hernández. Here is the […]

  • Oct 2, 2014
  • 9:54 PM

CNN Confirms What Many Have Been Saying: Latino Voters Down on Democrats

Look, actual intelligent political analysis from CNN today about where the U.S. Latino electorate is at just weeks before the midterms. It’s a message that has been ongoing for a while now. If you haven’t read Ed O’Keefe’s piece in The Washington Post today, you should.

  • Oct 2, 2014
  • 10:21 AM

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