Latino Rebels

Today, during a cross-border running race that brought runners through El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who ran the race, decided to show off his new baseball cap—a clear response to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hat. The Texas Democrat’s social media account made sure that people saw his hat: . […]

Via VICE News and the New York Review of Books: In this episode, Alma Guillermoprieto discusses her article “Mexico: The Murder of the Young,” in which she follows the story of 43 students from a teacher’s college in the Mexican state of Guerrero who disappeared last year at the hands of corrupt police and a […]

Leave it to Rep. Beto O’Bourke (D-Texas) for trying to bring some sanity into the debate surrounding Donald Trump. Beto speaks the truth. In case you missed it, here is last night's interview on All In with Chris Hayes. Posted by Congressman Beto O'Rourke on Friday, July 24, 2015

Here is just yet another example of how something from a few years back will hit a sweet digital spot a few years later. This past Wednesday, the Facebook page of Omar y Argelia shared the following video of Mariachi Monumental de México singing the national anthem at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The Facebook […]

Today, NPR’s Latino USA produced a show about a topic a lot of the Rebeldes love: baseball. The audio is below, and there’s a moment where our very own jefe reveals how he stopped being a Yankees fan to become a (gasp) Red Sox fan.

Donald Trump has had a really bad week. First, NBC. Then, Macy’s. This Buzzfeed article, too. And now, even Emmitt Smith is out. Emmitt Flipping Smith. The Trump fallout continues to spiral, and today, Trump (with the help of Breitbart and The Daily Caller) is now so desperate, that he is aligning himself with President […]

This afternoon an editorial by The New York Daily News has addressed the recent controversy surrounding a photo published last Monday that inaccurately depicted paradegoers at last Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. The photo had sparked protests and rebukes from supporters of the parade. Here is an excerpt of what the Daily News editorial said: […]

Yes, we totally understand that giving Ann Coulter any air time on this site is hard for us, given the fact that Coulter (and her distant cousin Donald Trump) just promote hate speech. But you have to see (video below) what Rep. Luis Gutiérrez told Coulter last night on Bill Maher. Worry about the 50 […]

Yesterday, Al Jazeera English’s The Stream covered the recent events from the Dominican Republic. Here is the full episode.

Alondra Santos on America’s Got Talent. That’s what we’re talking about. Hit it. Feel the orgullo.   Let Alondra Santos lift you up. #AGT Posted by America's Got Talent on Tuesday, June 9, 2015  

Despite garnering over 50,000 signatures to an online petition asking that the Obama Administration not cut back on health care benefits to Puerto Ricans living on the island, this past Monday the Puerto Rican Healthcare Crisis Coalition (PRHCC) issued a strong statement, saying that June 8 decision by the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

Today a group of immigration lawyers —all individual members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)— published an open letter to AILA’S executive director, formally asking that a keynote speaker invitation to the White House’s Director of Public Policy be rescinded. The letter, which appears below, says that AILA should not have Cecilia Muñoz as […]

In the spirit of sharing yet another story out of Puerto Rico few mainland Americans would even care to follow, a new ad from a group called the Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Coalition is now running in the Washington, D.C., media market: The coalition, which according to its website is “a group of concerned patient […]

This just in from local Florida media. We have no words, except to say this: You go, Jessica Morales, for speaking out and letting the world know that this is 2015, and this just needs to stop. Just watch. The whole issue started via social media (what a surprise): Rather tasteless and racist that Naples […]

Earlier this morning, National Association of Hispanic Journalists President Mekhalo Medina posted the following update on NAHJ’s Facebook page: Update: During Cinco De Mayo 2015, Access Hollywood, an entertainment talk show, celebrated the holiday with its hosts wearing sombreros and mustaches. One of the hosts, Billy Bush, used an “accent” as he introduced a mariachi […]

In case you missed it last night on The Daily Show, Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal breaks it down pretty brilliantly: The Daily ShowDaily Show Full Episodes,  More Daily Show Videos,  Comedy Central Full Episodes

Ok, enough with all the #CincoDeFallo snark. Today is May 6 and we are starting the day with this amazing video from the VuelaAlto virtual choir: Are you smiling yet?

So now that you have caught up with the first 19 episodes of Rebel Report, here is episode 20, and it’s all about Selena.

The following video, posted two days ago on Facebook, has already gotten over five million views, 74,000 likes and 124,000 shares. It is about 17 seconds long, and it shows a flour tortilla on a record player as “Jarabe Tapatío” (perhaps the most overplayed Mexican song ever) plays on.   What a tortilla sounds like […]

As you know, we like to check out what’s new in Neo-Nativism, so we subscribe to the newsletters of several so-called “Patriot” groups. Last night we got this email from a Maryland group with the following subject line, “Can It Get Any Worse?” You can read more about the context of the email here and […]

The things you find on the Internet. Here a 2012 video from South Africa that now making the rounds online and getting more and more attention. By the way, protesters in Johannesburg marched earlier today against recent violent attacks on immigrants. Nando's "immigration" chicken ad is going viral This ad, banned in South Africa in […]