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We understand. When you are a political junkie and are watching a debate and you think that your guy is doing an amazing job and you have your smart phone and you start tweeting your excitement, it might lead to major problems. Such is the case of Eva Longoria, who retweeted the following to her […]

Originally published at Thinking Political Forum by Cinzia Croce One thing is absolutely clear from the last night's vice presidential debate: time for Jim Lehrer to retire. What a difference does a moderator make! Martha Raddatz was splendid. She did not let the Romney backers intimidate her. The Breitbart crowd is no match for a war […]

Earlier this month, Lt. Jonathan Josey was fired from the Philadelphia police force after a YouTube video of him punching a woman went viral. This morning, Philly.com is reporting that the city's police union is hosting a benefit for Josey on October 28. As you might imagine, the party for Josey is raising some questions as […]

We would think that this following ad from Disney World Latino (yes, people there is now a Disney World Latino) will play well to the mainstream. But here we go again: look at us! Dancing! Singing! We are different! Flaunting our "Latino-ness." Because it is Hispanic Heritage Month! When will campaigns such as these just stop […]

In 1964, a band out of Perú began to play music a little differently. ¡Que vivan Los Saicos! Sure, many can say that punk music came from others sources, but we think that any conversation about the origins of punk should include Los Saicos. What do you think?   By the way, here is a […]

Dear Average American Who Has No Clue: As the summer wound down and you were distracted with tales of staged conventions, private fundraising videos, Honey Boo Boos, Dance Moms, negative ads, and talking heads saying the same points over and over again, something very amazing happened in the United States. Yes, in places such as […]

Today, America's Voice released results from a Arizona poll conducted by Latino Decisions. The following chart shows some of the poll's key findings. For the full poll, click here. 55% The percentage of Arizona Latino voters who rank immigration as a top issue that Congress and the President should address (this is HIGHER than those […]

On January 15th, 2009, 11-year-old Malala Yousafzai wrote on her BBC blog, “The night was filled with the noise of artillery fire and I woke up three times. But since there was no school I got up later at 10 am. Today, I also read the diary written for the BBC (in Urdu) and published in the […]

While Mitt Romney has his son doing commercials in Spanish, President Obama has… President Obama. Here is an official Obama ad that came out today. What do you think? Ok, he's not a native speaker, but it wasn't Mayor Bloomberg-like, yet it wasn't Jeb Bush either. Solid B, Mr. President. Now, about those deportations?

Spending a day with Latino visionary James “Koe” Rodriguez is like hanging out with your older primo. He’s always dressed fresh-to-death and you’re immediately submerged into the feeling that even though he’s only a few years older, he’s already lived two lifetimes ahead and is in the midst of conquering yet a third. Koe has […]

We really thought that CNN columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. would once again begin to raise the level of discussion with his opinions about US Latinos in the 21st century. Just last week, for example, Navarrette penned a column about the recent Kennedy Center controversy and how it continues to ignore US Latino honorees. It was […]

We are big fans of Stephen Nuño, and we are very happy to see him start making more and more national appearances. Here is what Nuño had to say on MSNBC about Romney and why he still can't crack the Latino vote.

Recuerdo ver la Guardia Nacional patrullar las calles rurales de mi cantón. Recuerdo que aun siendo un niño había que apartarse a la orilla de la calle para dejar pasar “La Guardia”, porque si no te “patiaban”. Recuerdo la noche que fuimos al aeropuerto a recoger a mi papá porque en 1979 después de cuatro […]

This will lead to some interesting discussion about self-identity and heritage. Of course, it is Hispanic Heritage Month and everyone and their mother are promoting the worthy contributions of notable Latinos/Hispanics. We aren't big fans of HHM because in the end, for us, every day is HHM. However, we do think that some HHM efforts […]

You know why we love the Internet? Right here. This is why. This video has been around for four years, 8 million views, and it came through our feed today. We are glad it did. Hilariously brilliant. Song is "Ante Up" by M.O.P.

Originally published at Thinking Politics Forum by Cinzia Croce I guess it all comes down to expectations. Clearly Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews expected President Obama to nail Governor Romney to the wall over the 47% tape (BTW guys, that's what political ads are for). So they are despondent tonight. Romney was on the attack all […]

Just days after a YouTube video showing a Philadelphia police officer punching a woman gained over 1 million views, Philly.com is reporting that the officer, Lt. Jonathan Josey, will be fired for his actions. Here is an excerpt from today's Philly.com story: The Philadelphia police officer who was captured on video punching a woman in the […]

Hey, we understand that the following story from The Daily Kos is an interesting one. Titled "My (formerly)Republican Mama got a call from a Romney Canvasser," the writer makes a case about how demographics are changing in Florida. Our only biggest editorial criticism of the piece is this one: get a Spanish editor/copyeditor, please? The […]

Less than two days after the YouTube channel of Gisela Valentin uploaded a video of a Philadelphia police officer punching a women following the city's Puerto Rican Day Parade, the video has already gotten over 900,000 views as of this posting. UPDATE: the original video can no longer be embedded, so we had to use […]

On the day of my 40th birthday several weeks back, I received a card from my girlfriend that read, “A man becomes a true man when he uses his words to build up and not tear down…”     And while it’s rare that any number of words has the ability to make me stop in […]

This just in from @Kyoks1 on Twitter, who shared a screen capture of following Yahoo! News ad with us. We were given little context, but the image speaks for itself. Of all the images in the world that would speak to a news ad that talks about balanced coverage, why choose this one? What is […]