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Recently, I met a a young man, about 23 years old or so, and he was doing construction work on our bathroom. Juan shared that he was here “sin papeles,” which translated means “without papers,” aka undocumented. Juan is one of over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Juan spoke with me about […]

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Remember the immigration mural in Wichita, Kansas defaced with racist graffiti this week? We have some good news to share. The folks at The Seed House/Casa de la Semilla updated us this evening about the mural. It has been restored. Here are three images the group shared on its Facebook page. And this, too: A […]

Today we received the following release from the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda WASHINGTON, DC — Today the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of the 37 preeminent national Latino organizations in the country, reacted to news of a proposed transaction between Comcast NBCUniversal and Time Warner Cable by signaling their intention to carefully study the […]

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We always say here that some of our best stories come straight from our community, and this one is no different. As one of our Facebook fans shared with us: I thought this might be of interest to you. This afternoon when I went to use the ICE Detainee locator to find someone in detention, […]

Reaction to the images of racist anti-immigrant graffiti from Wichita, Kansas shared with Latino Rebels earlier this morning has already gained momentum in our Facebook community and on our Tumblr. The story was also featured in Buzzfeed. The response by the artists who discovered their works defaced? They are “are ready to strike back.”  In a release sent to […]

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Here is the “ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE” issued today by Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York in regards to the investigation surrounding G.A.L.O.S. Corporation, Carlos Velasquez, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc., and Diversity Foundation, Inc. For more about today’s report, see what our friends at NiLP are saying. NY State […]

Armando Minjarez is an immigrant activist and artist from Wichita, Kansas. Earlier this morning, he tweeted out the following: this happen last night #racist @marooncacoon @Scooby_Doo_98 @Hugogami @EmiraPalacios @LatinoLeadersKS @latinorebels pic.twitter.com/g3D70JkzYz — Armando Minjarez (@aminjarez) February 13, 2014 The tweet included this image: The graffiti sprayed on the mural changed the mural’s text to read, […]

In response to a query about a new Puerto Rican statehood bill being introduced to the U.S. Senate, the office of New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich (D) shared the following release: In Historic Step, Admission Bill is Introduced in U.S. Senate Bill is identical to H.R. 2000 filed by Pierluisi Washington, DC—Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi announced that […]

In case you missed it last night, Stewart weighs in on immigration reform. Too bad some of the jokes were a bit too stereotypical (aliens? Chipotle? nachos?) and giving props to Sen. Schumer, but you get the point about the Republicans.

UPDATE, February 12, 2014, 3pmET: Sen’ Heinrich’s office responded to our query and shared the following release. A local report from Metro PR is saying that Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) will submit a Puerto Rican statehood bill to the U.S. Senate within the next 48 hours. Heinrich, who attended a pro-statehood November rally outside the […]

Weeks before the new César Chávez movie hits U.S. movie theaters, a major promotional push has begun, including a call in the Huffington Post by the President of the United Farm Workers for a national day of service tied to the movie. Directed by Diego Luna and starring Michael Peña, America Ferrara, Rosario Dawson, and […]

When we got the following story from Addicting Info, we did not believe it. But when we read the actual bill that Arizona Republican legislator Carl See (Phoenix) is endorsing, we knew it wasn’t a joke. The HuffPost’s Roque Planas also wrote about Seel and since Roque is good peeps, we really knew that it […]

We got this tip from @el_sanchez7 Powerful video by the @UCLABLSA on what it feels like being 33 out of 1,100 students at @UCLA Law: http://t.co/GrjVtBvBnE c: @latinorebels — Víctor (@el_sanchez7) February 10, 2014 So we checked it out. On February 10, 2014 a group of students from the UCLA school of Law gathered together […]

In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama declared that he wants to develop “new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can fill in a bubble on a test.” He was referring to the new Common Core standards that are being implemented in states all across […]

A few days ago Puerto Rico’s public debt was downgraded to non-investment grade by Moody’s and S&P, with a third rater, Fitch, waiting to follow suit closely behind. These events have reverberated powerfully across Puerto Rico and the mainland’s economic community. There has been another potent, albeit less discussed, effect of the downgrades: how the […]

Hey, at least we truly know where New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (a Democrat, by the way) stands on the whole issue of immigration reform: just kick the problem down the can and celebrate the fact that President Obama is indeed the “Deporter-in-Chief.” Here is what Schumer had to say this morning on “Meet the […]

Leave it to The Daily Show to offer one of the best responses we have seen about the whole Coca Cola ad. Our only beef? You could have added a Spanish speaker in the response, but still, it does speak to the core issue here, one that has been too common.

We have arrived at the shores of the Rubicon. The credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s dealt a body blow to Puerto Rico’s distressed economy by downgrading its general obligation bonds to junk level. Governor Alejandro García Padilla floundered in his response, stating that he will increase revenue and decrease costs, but has not explained […]