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As expected, several U.S. senators opposed to the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill are beginning to submit hundreds of amendments to the bill. We won’t get into the details here, but of all the amendments submitted, this one by Senator Ted Cruz easily wins the Washington #NoMames award for this week. Basically, Cruz is saying […]

This one is tough to write, since we are huge fans of “The Daily Show,” and 99.9% of the time, we love what they do. This past Monday, however, a “Cinco de Mayo” segment reported by Jessica Williams just didn’t feel right. First of all, it perplexes us as to why correspondent Al Madrigal didn’t […]

After a day where pretty much everyone in the Latino online space went 100% crazy against the move by Disney to file trademarks on the words “Día de los Muertos,” a company spokesperson confirmed that all the filings will be dropped. Here is what the spokesperson told FronterasDesk.org: As we have previously announced, Disney-Pixar is […]

UPDATE: Disney says that they will now withdraw the filings. An interesting story out of Disney. According to a blog that covers all things Disney, the company has formally filed a federal trademark to copyright “Día de los Muertos.” Here is what the blog reported: Within the past few days, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) […]

Let’s be real for just a moment. Why do politicians have to question Latino politicians’ “Latinidad?” It happened last year when conservatives claimed that San Antonio mayor Julián Castro didn’t fit the Latino bill because he didn’t speak Spanish well, and now it is happening again with former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson (D) and […]

Cholas are so in right now! Sorority girls want to be them and casting directors want to hire them. Or at least, they think they do. Last week an unidentified “major television production company” put out a casting call on Reality Wanted, a casting call directory for reality television programs. The ad is calling for […]

Talk about a resounding #NoMames rejection of today’s Heritage Foundation report, entitled “The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer.” We’re talking the Cato Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, the Kemp Foundation, and the American Action Forum, to name a few. In short, the entire premise of the report from Heritage […]

Twitter is now the go-to place to confront each other in public, especially when it comes to the ongoing debate on immigration reform. Today is no different, as you will see from the following thread which started when the Twitter profile of America’s Voice, a pro-immigration DC group, got a tweet back from the Twitter […]

Last week an online group called Concerned Chicagoans went online to publicly criticize a neighorhood-wide “Derby de Mayo” celebration being held in several Lincoln Park establishments. You can read more about what they wrote here, but essentially the CC post  asked readers the following: “What we ask is that folks think critically about the Chicago community. We are not post-racial. […]

Yesterday CBS’ “Sunday Morning” did a seven-minute segment about a war that is rarely talked about: the Mexican-American War. It is a war that literally changed the landscape of the North American continent. It is a war whose consequences still resonate today. A war based on a lie. As the show’s official site says: “For […]

Nike+ FuelBand  is supposed to be the cool and hip interactive and social device you use each to keep track of your active lifestyle. Today being May 5, many users of the FuelBand got the following trophy when they finish their walking or running: Of course. We did a little more digging about this and […]

So yesterday we shared our readers’ first answers to the question, “What Is the Best Pro-Immigration Song Ever Recorded?” The response to that list was so positive that it lead to this post. Yes, we get even more suggestions, and here they are. Feel free to share your own suggestions. Rage Against the Machine’s “People […]

Earlier this week we asked our Facebook community a very simple question: “What is the Best Pro-Immigration Song Ever Recorded?” We received such an engaging and diverse response that we decided to share some of the selections here. Calle 13’s “Pal Norte” La Santa Cecilia’s “Ice El Hielo” Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” Molotov’s “Frijolero” Los […]

This really needs to stop. Talk about one silly stupid Cinco de Mayo ad from Pinnatta, an interactive message company. We got the following image from a Facebook fan. Please stop the insanity. Please.

In response to criticisms surrounding an “inner beaner” joke by Tamra Barney on “Real Housewives of Orange County,” Bravo issued the following statement today: The executives at Bravo have reviewed your comments and taken appropriate action. In all future airings on the network, the term referenced in your note will be bleeped and inaudible. Thank […]

Here we go again. Just a few months after sororities at both Baylor and Penn State made national headlines for their racist “Mexican-themed” photos, a sorority at Cal State San Marcos is the latest example “When Sororities Go Racist.” As reported by NBC Latino, Alpha Chi Omega felt the brunt of the San Marcos community […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 22 report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Ríos […]

After writing a column for NBC Latino about the saturation of Latino brands, our founder @julito77 received the following letter from PETA Latino’s Renée Saldaña. She agreed to have her letter published online. Dear Julio, We caught your editorial about PETA Latino on NBC Latino’s website, as well as Latino Rebels‘ post on the same subject, and while we appreciate your discussing the news of PETA Latino’s launch, we […]

This Cinco de Mayo a bilingual rock band from Kansas City will celebrate a milestone of their own—and it involves a band of original Chicano “Rebeldes.” Making Movies, an AfroLatino-influenced indie rock band currently on a regional tour that has taken them through Puerto Rico, Panama, the Midwest, Southwest and now California, will open for […]

We received the following open letter from writer/comedian Cesar Zamora about the recent episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” where Tamra Barney says that a trip to a Mexican restaurant brought out the “inner beaner” of Eddie Judge, her Latino fianceé. Here is what Cesar sent to Bravo, the network that broadcasts the show: I […]

In the midst of a national tour (dates here) with internationally known reggae group SOJA, the Panamanian-born, Oakland-bred duo Los Rakas found time for a special May Day release called “Mi País.” The song is off their upcoming album, the double-disc “El Negrito Dun Dun & Ricardo” which will see release on their label, Soy […]