Injustice

After Mexicans both young and old took to the streets the weekend of May 18 in #MarchaYoSoy132 (with the variations #MarchaAntiEPN, #MarchaAntiPRI, and #YoSoy132) to protest the PRI, Mexico's oldest ruling political party, and its 2012 presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto,  a second series of marches are scheduled for June 10. This time, #2daMarchaAntiEPN will include a scheduled […]

Tonight on our stream, the Twitter account for OccupyWallSt tweeted out the following: To those who think the movement continues to get weaker, it looks like it is just getting started.

This following story, originally published by the University of Chicago's student newspaper and later picked up by the Chicago Sun Times, portrays how the issues of racial stereotyping and cultural misunderstandings are still alive and well in modern college life. Here is the scoop: two fraternities at the University of Chicago are under fire university […]

Last week, American Apparel published an ad that perplexed many and offended just as many. (Note: this week we have left two messages with American Apparel for comment but we have heard nothing so far.)  This was one just one of the several AA images that were just plain weird. The response among many DREAMers […]

This Tuesday May 29 the Latino Rebels will be in Denver covering the Service Employees International Union's 25th International Convention. We got invited by the SEIU to write about the day's events, which will included a possible official SEIU declaration about comprehensive immigration reform. We will also be meeting with some young DREAMers as well. […]

It was a piece of art we found while doing a Google search about life on La Frontera. We are glad we did. Luckily for us, we were able to find out who the genius was this powerful piece—Felipe Galindo, a Mexican visual artist who lives in New York and is known as Feggo. We […]

Here is what Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) had to say about immigrants and America yesterday. #NoMames, Rep. King. Basically, the logic is this: hey, I know how to pick the best dogs and I want to pick the friskiest dog out there. That is what our immigration policy should be like. Let's get rid of […]

Here is a video you won't see on any mainstream outlets. You will not see it on Televisa in Mexico or any other network. That is why you have Vimeo. From May 19, 2002 in Mexico City. #MarchAntiEPN, #YoSoy132, and #MarchaYoSoy132. Look them up.

Yes, we know that American Apparel is no stranger to controversy, and yes, we know that in this day and age, when you see something dumb, our critics will just say that we are overreacting and giving the brand extra marketing. We got it. Thanks. But still, after reading a piece from Colorlines (which came […]

Originally published at ThreeSonorans.com I am very disappointed in this year’s sponsorship in the 50th year anniversary of the UFW by Budweiser. This logo on the front of the convention center is straight wack! First the Navy ship being named after Cesar Chavez and now this? What the hell happened to this union, makes me […]

Is #OccupyMexico happening? Maybe not, but today #YoSoy132, the protest organized via social media against Mexico's oldest ruling political party—the PRI—and its 2012 presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto, has begun to form its own digital life online. Alt1040.com appears to be one of the movement's most comprehensive pages in terms of first-hand accounts and information. […]

Social media is the new equalizer. Today in Mexico, a protest against the possible return of the country's Institutional Ruling Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, to the presidential palace. The PRI's candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, is leading key polls for the July 1 election, according to reports. Under its rule, the […]

What is going on in Arizona these days? After the Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse (you know, the Sheriff who got sued by the feds?) suggested that President Obama's birth certificate was a forgery, a report from the Phoenix New Times revealed that Arizona's Secretary of State Ken Bennett—a potential GOP candidate for the 2014 Arizona's […]

So let's get this straight. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio spends the last few years (yes, even President Bush's administration was already questioning his motives) creating an atmosphere of anti-Latino hate and fear that profiled American citizens of Latino origin and those "crimimal illegals" all in the name of secure borders, but once you get […]

From multiculturalmamilia.com UPDATE: KRAFT HAS RESPONDED TO THIS ORIGINAL POST. I truly can’t believe that I have to write what I’m about to write. Via a Sociological Images post by Bradley Koch, I found out about a KRAFT campaign for their new MilkBites, a snack that is “part milk, part granola.” The campaign uses an anthropomorphized version […]

So, by now, you have seen it. The "famous" TIME magazine cover. It was all over the social web. Everyone was posting it and everyone was talking about it. When we posted it last Friday on our Facebook site, our community commented and we had a great discussion about cultural and social norms. Many people […]

Last week the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights filed a complaint against the governing board of the Tucson Unified School District, the latest in a series of events that continue to gain national attention, from book bans to Daily Show appearances of TUSD board members. Here is what the Arizona press is […]

A report out of Utah describes the creation of a new site called IllegalAlienReport.com, which allegedly allows people to sign up and self-report suspected "illegals." It is a sign of what is so bad about the Internet (unchecked and unmonitored content curation), and as the Utah report says, it can lead to extreme examples of discrimination: […]

Where is the outrage? Two weeks ago, PBS broadcast the following video (over 100,000 views on YouTube) that shows US Border Patrol agents beating Anastasio Rojas, who died a few days later from his injuries. As a result of this tape, calls for the US Department of Justice to initiate an investigation began to mount. […]

Our own Rebecca Beard of RebeccaBeard.com was in New York City yesterday to chronicle the May Day march in lower Manhattan. Here is a video of her shots. Music by Los Planetas.

The following video, which has gotten over 62,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded in late March, shows Mexican presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota of the National Action Party (PAN) walking out of a March 9 open forum with Mexican citizens in Los Angeles without even answering questions from voters. Watch for yourself and see […]