Injustice

Objectification of Women and the Distortion of Truths I'm sure by now the latest viral meme which refers to a quote taken from Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his mention of 'women in binders' has crossed your dashboard several times today. The phrase came from part of his answer to this audience question at the second Presidential […]

In yet another example of how not to behave on social networks, the Facebook page of Christian Santiago Tapia—an adviser to the government of Michoacán, Mexico, and, according to reports, the social media manager of Fausto Vallejo Figueroa, Michoacán's governor—called for the burning of the teaching colleges where student protesters have been demonstrating against curriculum changes […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This just in from Philadelphia, as reported by Philly.com: The Philadelphia Police Department this morning opened an internal affairs investigation into an officer who was captured on video punching a woman in the face during Sunday's Puerto Rican Day parade. The department had no immediate comment on the video, which depicts an unidentified police officer […]

As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces another re-election bid in November, social media is beginning to raise more and more awareness about how America's Toughest Sheriff has become not only one of the most polarizing officials in this country, but also a law enforcement official who overlooked some very serious crimes as he became […]

Last week, Massachusetts senator Scott Brown (R), who is facing a tough re-election bid against Elizabeth Warren (D), spent an hour talking with 96.9 Boston Talks' "Jim and Margery Show." The interview covered many topics, but we have to thank the show's hosts for asking Brown about his positions on immigration. The following three-minute clip touches […]

This story came to our attention after seeing the following meme shared by our friends at Cuéntame: We did a little more digging and came cross this post: LETTER FROM ICE DIRECTOR JOHN MORTON TO HATE GROUP, FAIR, STIRS CONTROVERSY. Here is what the post from the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) had to […]

Now that Arizona's "Show me your papers" provision of the controversial SB 1070 is now in effect, those who continue to question the provision's intent are using YouTube to record how police are enacting the law.  Below is one video that a family made when the family's mother was pulled over by the Mesa police.

Why do we love YouTube? Because there is always original and new content showing up by the minute. Here is a bilingual song by Chico Méndez called "My Immigration Status." Since it was uploaded on late last week, it has gotten over 17,000 views and counting. Talk about honesty. Paz, Chico. Here is what Chico […]

Yes, the War on Drugs has been a failure. Now what do we do? (H/T to Online Criminal Justice Degree)

Today, Mitt Romney's "Hispanderfiesta Radar" was on high alert. With just 50 days left to go until the presidential elections and new poll numbers show that the Romney campaign has done very little to improve his standing among US Latino voters (especially US Latina voters), today was clearly a "Hispanic" day for the campaign. First […]

On September 16, Mexican Independence Day, a hacker group called Mexican Cyber Protest occupied several of the country's pages to protest what they feel were the fraudulent July 1 presidential that declared Enrique Peña Nieto as the winner. The group posted the following image on the sites it hacked: The hack gained global media attention. […]

For those who thought that the #YoSoy132 movement had lost momentum in protesting the Mexican presidential election results had waned, this weekend in Xalapa, Veracruz, protesters peacefully occupied the capital city's municipal palace. The following videos (both in Spanish) provide additional details about the occupation, seen as a symbolic victory for the student-initiated movement, which […]

This past Friday, Omaha Channel 94.1's "The Big Morning Party Show" was slammed on its Facebook page regarding comments it made surrounding the murder of 63-year-old Gilberto Hérnandez Vázquez, a local paletero man (ice cream man), who was killed on Thursday night. After the comments were broadcast, the station's Facebook page was inundated with criticisms about what was […]

This morning Omaha's Channel 94.1 crew was doing its news segment, when the show's personalities began to talk about the murder of 63-year-old Gilberto Hernández Vázquez, a beloved "paletero man" who roamed an Omaha neighborhood for 11 years. Here is what the morning show decided to talk about after they shared an update about Hernández […]

Tuesday at the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, writers from all over the world—including Pulitzer Prize novelist Junot Diaz—issued a statement condemning Arizona's House Bill 2281, the law that allowed for the banning of books at Tucson Unified School District  and the dismantling of TUSD's Mexican American Studies program.   We, the undersigned writers attending the […]