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Why Puerto Rico’s Act 22 on Capital Gains Taxes and Passive Income Is Probably Illegal

If you didn’t know, Act 22 is a law exempting new residents of the Island from capital gains taxes and other passive income.

  • Nov 27, 2017
  • 11:55 AM

Engaging Immigrant Parents: In the Schoolhouse and Beyond

“I am no longer afraid and know that my voice is  powerful and needed,” one parent said.

  • Nov 27, 2017
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Honduran Authorities Detain U.S. Human Rights Observer 11 Hours at Airport a Day Before Elections

“They were denying that there are human rights violations happening in the country by doing that.”

  • Nov 26, 2017
  • 11:58 AM

Bolivian Cholita Fashion (PODCAST)

Latino Rebels Radio: November 26, 2017

  • Nov 26, 2017
  • 10:27 AM

Latin America Demonstrates Leadership at COP23

Several specific countries are playing leading roles and standing out for their work among other developing nations around the world.

  • Nov 25, 2017
  • 11:10 AM

Undocumented Youth and Allies Disrupt Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Direct Action

They are calling on community to take fight to their districts and to Capitol Hill.

  • Nov 23, 2017
  • 9:56 AM

A Letter From Siham Byah, a Single Mom Being Detained by ICE

“I am writing these lines from the Bristol County Jail, where I was brought upon my unjust, unwarranted, and uncalled for ambush-style arrest…”

  • Nov 23, 2017
  • 8:43 AM

The Real History Behind Thanksgiving (VIDEO)

What you didn’t learn in school.

  • Nov 22, 2017
  • 11:07 AM

A Stranger in a Strange Land: Growing Up Cuban-American Under the Embargo

I was so politically, physically, and aesthetically estranged from my heritage that it felt like a lie.

  • Nov 22, 2017
  • 9:14 AM

How You Can Help Stop Voter Suppression in Florida

As someone who was not able to vote for most of my adult life, I consider the voter suppression tactics seen in Florida a national embarrassment.

  • Nov 22, 2017
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FCC Plan to Repeal Open Internet Protections Leaves All Consumers, Especially Latinos and People of Color, Vulnerable to Corporate Greed

“As we’ve seen through the documents released under NHMC’s FOIA request, the FCC would rather sit on this evidence than put it to good use in making better policy to benefit millions of Americans.”

  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 2:09 PM

Gutiérrez: Trump’s Decision to End TPS to Haitians Is Another ‘Short-Sighted, Self-Inflicted Wound’

“[Trump] wants to delegitimize immigrants and immigration while playing to the xenophobic elements of the Republican political base.”

  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 1:26 PM

Driving While Brown

What steps can communities take?

  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 9:36 AM

Our Power PR Campaign Arrives in Puerto Rico to Join Just Recovery Efforts and Assess Impact of Jones Act

#OurPowerPR was launched in New York to support Puerto Ricans with a just recovery for the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 8:33 AM

The Places Getting Justice Dept $ for Cops Because They Agreed to Work With Feds on Immigration

“I applaud their commitment to the rule of law and to ending violent crime, including violent crime stemming from illegal immigration.”

  • Nov 20, 2017
  • 6:13 PM

Watch San Juan Mayor Yulín Cruz’s Message Two Months After Hurricane María

“Inequality, an impoverishment of our population is the rule of the day.”

  • Nov 20, 2017
  • 4:40 PM

The Jones Act: Breaking the Chains (VIDEO)

It has crippled the Puerto Rico economy for close than a century.

  • Nov 20, 2017
  • 4:18 PM

UN Climate Summit Fails to Include Human Rights Protection for Land Defenders, Including Berta Cáceres

New Report “Dam Violence: The Plan That Killed Berta Cáceres,” launched at COP23, denounces Honduran state agents and DESA dam executives as intellectual authors of assassination.

  • Nov 20, 2017
  • 2:38 PM

Will Puerto Ricans Return Home After Hurricane María?

How many Puerto Ricans who have fled the island might return home—and how many are gone for good?

  • Nov 20, 2017
  • 10:19 AM

Two Months After Hurricane María and Unity for Puerto Rico? (PODCAST)

Latino Rebels Radio: November 19, 2017

  • Nov 19, 2017
  • 8:56 PM

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