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In Court Documents, Arpaio’s Defense Says Civil Rights Not Protected If Someone Is Speaking Spanish

What planet do the lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio live on? In a 23-page response to a federal lawsuit that alleges the racial profiling and discrimination of US Latino citizens, Arpaio's lawyers offer the following argument as one of the reasons why the lawsuit should be dismissed: PLAINTIFFS' CLAIMS BASED ON LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION […]

  • Jun 12, 2012
  • 9:11 AM

The UFW Continues to Stay Silent About Budweiser Logo Appearing Under the Iconic “Sí se puede” Image

Nine email requests. Four phone calls. Two weeks of follow-up, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) has yet to answer the following questions we have for them regarding the placement of a Budweiser logo under the iconic "Sí se puede" image that has become a symbol of US Latino pride for many. The following text […]

  • Jun 11, 2012
  • 1:17 PM

Pictures From Today’s #YoSoy132 Marches

Here are some additional photos stream through Twitter from some of the #YoSoy132 marches that took place today in Mexico and other parts of the world. [View the story “Pictures From Today’s #YoSoy132 Marches” on Storify] Is Mexico waking up?

  • Jun 10, 2012
  • 10:04 PM

Early Pictures of #YoSoy132 June 10 Marches

Today, several #YoSoy132 marches are happening all over Mexico and yes, in other parts of the world. Here is the first series of early pics getting shared on Twitter. [View the story “Early Pictures of #YoSoy132 June 10 Marches” on Storify]

  • Jun 10, 2012
  • 1:22 PM

The Puerto Rican “BanderaGate” Follow-Up: New York Daily News Corrects Ad and Prints Retraction

So, within 24 hours, here is what happened: An image gets uploaded on Facebook around lunch time. We call The New York Daily News. They respond. We break the story online. The reaction goes viral. The Puerto Rican press picks it up around 3pm EST. We contact the newspaper again and they give us a statement. The apology gets tweeted. […]

  • Jun 8, 2012
  • 2:17 PM

New York Daily News Apologizes for Printing Cuban Flag on Puerto Rican Day Parade Announcement

Just hours after an editor from Latino Rebels uploaded the following picture to our Facebook site, which shows New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz in front of two Cuban flags promoting the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in the "viva New York" section of the New York Daily News, a spokesperson for the […]

  • Jun 7, 2012
  • 4:29 PM

The New York Daily News Goofs By Printing Cuban Flag in Section on Puerto Rican Day Parade

What's in the Daily News? We'll tell you what is in the Daily News, the picture of a Cuban flag next to New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz advertising this Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Talk about an oops. That is one big oops, considering that the parade is one of the city's most […]

  • Jun 7, 2012
  • 1:39 PM

Undocumented Youth Remain Overnight in Obama for America Office, Press Conference Later Today

This afternoon, as a follow-up to a sit-in staged by DREAMers at the Obama for America office in Denver asking for an executive order by President Obama to stop the deportations of undocumented youth, the National Immigrant Youth Alliance released an update for today. Here are portions of the release. For a full copy of the […]

  • Jun 6, 2012
  • 4:11 PM

BustedTees.Com Shilling Tees That Glorify and Mock Mexico’s Violence Problems

A recent Tumblr post that has gotten reblogged over 60 times since it has been orginally posted (which is pretty good for Tumblr), is featuring a "Visit Mexico" tee by BustedTees.com that shows a gun behind the tee's logo. Unde the tagline, "Visit Mexico: You'll never want to leave. Or be able to," the tee is […]

  • Jun 6, 2012
  • 7:18 AM

DREAMers Stage Sit-In at Obama Campaign Office to Protest President’s Deportation Policies

Tonight at Obama for America’s campaign office in Denver, two DREAMers who are supporting a walk across the country to raise awareness for undocumented youth, immigration reform, and the DREAM Act, staged a sit-in that attracted social media attention and led to four Denver police officers visiting the office. No arrests were made, and as […]

  • Jun 6, 2012
  • 12:38 AM

Need Spanish Lessons for the Pizza Patrón June 5 Free Pizza Event? Here You Go

Tomorrow it is on. Pizza Patrón. June 5. Order pizza in Spanish. Get free pizza. Yeah, we know that this might have gotten some people pissed that God forbid, people are speaking in Spanish in a "public space," but it is free pizza, people. Need some help ordering? We asked our jefe @julito77 to give […]

  • Jun 4, 2012
  • 4:55 PM

Obama Advisor David Axelrod Says a Rubio VP Pick Would Be an “Insult” to US Latino Voters

Yesterday on Univsion's Al Punto, President Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod appeared on the show with Jorge Ramos. Axelrod covered many issues, but the one people are talking about is this one: “I think it would be an insult to the Hispanic community to choose Sen. Rubio…if Gov. Romney thinks that’s sort of a get-out-of-jail […]

  • Jun 4, 2012
  • 3:42 PM

Of Accents and Eñe’s: Why Respecting Spanish Conventions Is Important for US Media

Maybe the lack of copyeditors has become a problem in AMERCIA these days. As the United States gets more and more diverse, and as Spanish continues to climb up the charts in terms of influence and use in the US (where some statistics now say that the US is the second largest Spanish-speaking country in […]

  • Jun 4, 2012
  • 1:39 PM

VIDEO from @outernational_: “The Beginning Is Here” from TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES

Yes, when we connected with Outernational a few weeks ago, we were honored to publish the second week of their TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES: WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS Tour. Guess what? Their music is badass, too. Check it out. THE BEGINNING IS HERE There comes a time, there comes a time!  To get up and out, […]

  • Jun 4, 2012
  • 9:47 AM

The UFW–Budweiser Sponsorship: How It Reflects The Complexities of Latino Identity in the Digital Age

Since neither the UFW nor Anheuser-Busch will go on record after countless calls and emails by to comment about why the Budweiser logo appeared under the organization's iconic image, others are weighing in. There will be those who are still asking for answers and those who will defend the actions of the UFW because they are […]

  • Jun 2, 2012
  • 3:42 PM

The Birth of Mexico’s #yosoy132 Movement

We are getting several questions from our networks asking us the following question: what is #yosoy132? At the end of this post is the mission statement that we translated from the original Spanish. The Spanish version originally appeared on the Facebook page of #yosoy132 (May 24 post). More information can also be found here. In the meantime, […]

  • Jun 2, 2012
  • 9:24 AM

Damn, Why Does This Have to Be For a Doritos Commercial in the UK?

This was ALMOST there. ALMOST there. Here is the scoop, from our dear friend Laura of Mi blog es tu blog: PepsiCo launched a new "Add a Little Mexican" campaign for Doritos in the UK.  Step 1: Hire a mariachi band. Because you know how much all Mexicans wear really loud getup and go AYY […]

  • Jun 1, 2012
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American Apparel Spokesperson Says CALIFORNIA Ad Controversy “Seems a Bit Contrived”

Eventually, you knew that someone at American Apparel would say something about the "California" ad which depicts a rugged real-life farmer named Raúl and his new USC student Robin. The ad caused some problems with many online Latinos, even leading one to create a new Undocumented Apparel line in response to the ad. In a story […]

  • Jun 1, 2012
  • 3:44 PM

Remembering Brisenia and Raúl Flores, Killed Three Years Ago This Week By Arizona Minutemen Leader

Where was the outrage three years ago this week? Where was this country's outrage when 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father Raúl were killed by Shawna Forde, a leader of Arizona's Minutemen Civil Defense Corps? Sure, Forde has been convicted and sentenced to death, but the fact remains that Brisenia and Raúl are gone, victims […]

  • May 31, 2012
  • 11:14 PM

What Is #YoSoy132? These Videos Explain Why Mexico Is Waking Up

As with any organic movement, goals evolve. What might have begun as a march against Mexico's old guard PRI party is turning into a social movement that calls for true democracy, justice, transformation, and change, not only for Mexico, but for the whole world. This is #YoSoy132 and it is just starting. Some call it […]

  • May 31, 2012
  • 6:45 PM

New #AntiEPN #Soy132 YouTube Song Goes Viral… And the Song Is Good!

First of all, this song is good. Second of all, this whole #MarchaSoy132 movement goes beyond Mexico's opposition to the PRI. This is about the country's political machine. It is clever and it works. Our favorite part? The English in the middle.

  • May 31, 2012
  • 8:15 AM

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