Politics

Yesterday we shared story of Steve Lonegan, New Jersey GOP candidate for Senator, whose campaign got caught posting a bizarre racist tweet about Democratic candidate Cory Booker before the campaign deleted the tweet. Today Lonegan spoke about the incident: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Lonegan said the message had “no racist intent at all.” “There’s […]

Proving once again that nothing on the Internet can be deleted, “a racially charged tweet issued by Steve Lonegan’s U.S. Senate campaign has drawn fire from Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s campaign as well as city leaders who say the Republican candidate is out of step with the values of New Jersey voters,” reports NJ.com. Here […]

And so it continues. First, Satan. Now, Latinos posing as Arab terrorists, or is it Arabs posing as Latino immigrants who are also terrorists? Who knows any more. Here is what ABC News reported today: A Republican congressmen this week used insensitive-sounding rhetoric while discussing immigration reform, but he did it while making the case […]

UPDATE: Both El Vocero and El Diario estimated the demonstrators to be in the thousands, with El Diario reporting that it was close to 2,000. There are also local reports that some numbers could have been close to 5,000. A new El Nuevo Día story said “hundreds” while Metro PR also said “hundreds.” San Juan, […]

While our site was down today due to a server outage, we used our Storify account to publish the following update about the #Dream9. [View the story “The Latest Updates from the #Dream9” on Storify]

According to local reports, 41 immigration rights activists were arrested today in Washington, DC. As CBS reports: Forty-one pro-immigrant activists were arrested outside the Capitol Thursday after blocking traffic while pushing for passage of comprehensive immigration legislation. After marching by the Capitol, the activists joined hands and sat down on Independence Avenue, a major street […]

Today HuffPost Live covered the contentious debate in the immigration community surrounding the #Dream9 and the #BringThemHome action. Here is the segment: Meanwhile, the #Dream9 has gotten the support of 35 Congress members. As the Huffington Post reported yesterday: A letter signed by 33 Congress members asks President Barack Obama to use his authority to […]

A July 23 story by Animal Político said the Mexican consulates near the Mexico-US border reported that 13,454 unaccompanied minors were deported by US immigration officials. The article stated that since the passing of the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, there has been a marked increased in the number of deported minors who wind […]

You would think that Iowa congressman Steve King (R) would finally get the memo about his “cantaloupe” comments, the sequel to comparison of immigrants to dogs. Apparently not. King’s Twitter profile is responding to his critics, which range from both the left and the right. #NoAmnesty To my critics who “feel” righteously vindicated by Wash […]

This just in from our friends at Cuéntame. Watch this, especially the last few minutes when the Hyatt workers talk about the people they served at the hotel. Many workers at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix immigrated to America for the chance of a better life. However, the workers’ standards of living stand in stark contrast […]

On July 27, 1898, The New York Times published the story of US troops landing in Guánica, Puerto Rico two days earlier on July 25. It was part of the Spanish-American War, which pretty much ended two weeks later on August 12, 1898, when a cease-fire was established. The Times’ headline read “Our Flag Raised […]

Yesterday morning we made our case for deporting Iowa congressman Steve King. You know, because he said the following when talking about DREAMers and a path to citizenship: “For everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds […]

Seriously, Steve King? Seriously? Watch this. (H/T Alan.com) This is what King said when discussing the DREAMers: For every one who’s a valedictorian, there’s another hundred out there who they weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’ve been hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. This is the […]

On Friday, my friend was protesting the hearings at the Texan Statehouse about the law to restrict abortion clinics—the same law that Wendy Davis famously filibustered for 13 hours against two weeks ago.  According to her Facebook status update, she and her friend had their tampons confiscated upon entry into the Statehouse.  My initial reaction was that I thought […]

Responding to growing community criticism about the placement of a prominent Goya logo at the base of the new Roberto Clemente statue at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx, the company’s public relations director defended Goya’s decision, saying that Clemente’s own son told him to not do anything to change the logo. Rafael Toro […]

Yesterday, the Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee approved the Obama administration’s $2.5 million budget for the Justice Department to oversee a federally-sponsored plebiscite in Puerto Rico, according to El Nuevo Día. The proposal states that the Justice Department must oversee a non-partisan voter education plan and  a plebiscite which must include several solutions to the status issue. […]

Chile is one of the most restrictive abortion countries in the world. How restrictive? This is what Human Rights Watch says: Abortion has constituted a crime in Chile since 1874. The 1874 penal code, still in force, prohibits abortion in all cases. In 1931, a national health law (Código Sanitario) gave doctors the possibility to […]

Last week, we shared the story of gay bashing from Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, towards James “Wally” Brewster, an openly gay LGBT activist and current choice for US ambassador to the Dominican Republic. This week reports from the Caribbean nation show that the archbishop’s diocese is facing a child molestation […]

Two stories out of Latin America got our attention this week. The first one comes from Costa Rica via TicoTimes: Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a measure – by accident – that could legalize same-sex civil unions as part of a larger bill, lawmakers noted on Tuesday. Conservative lawmakers voted for the bill’s […]

Looks like a movie called “VIEQUES” is in the works, as the following casting announcement states: Tara Thomas Agency and Marlo Films is at it again! Tara Thomas has teamed up with Angelo Lopez, Michael Diesel and Tuffy Questrell to make this the movie of 2014. This time with Vieques whose casting is currently on […]

Instead of listening to what the media has to say about the CBO report released today about the immigration bill passed last week by the Senate and now with the House of Representatives, why not read it for yourself? Here is the initial report, with the full report embedded below. CBO estimates that, by 2023, […]