Injustice

Months after it began a protest against ABC for a controversial line from the canceled "Work It" sitcom that equated Puerto Ricans to drug dealers, Boricuas for a Positive Image finally received a formal apology from the network. Here is a two-part segment from New York City's local ABC station that chronicles the efforts from […]

Little did we know that a story about a "fleeing immigrants" Boy Scout patch out of Milwaukee would receive national and global attention. As with any story we write as independent journalists, we write the stories, we source them, and we let our readers decide how to react to them. In the end, the outcome […]

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE THREE SONORANS The international news segment below, from Primer Impacto on Univision, has the latest on the ban of Mexican American Studies in TUSD and makes use of lots of Three Sonorans video.

Any law restricting the right of a woman to have full control of her own body and make her own choices is a violation of basic human rights. Relegating women to a series of body parts is demeaning, subjugating and creates blatant inequality.  This Saturday, April 28, 2012 beginning at 11:00am nationwide marches and rallies […]

As a complement to the full transcript of ARIZONA V. UNITED SATES  that the US Supreme Court released this Wednesday, SCOTUS also released the full audio of the proceedings today. The case is exploring the constitutionality of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration bill. A ruling on the case will be made in June. Here is […]

Is the shift in the immigration debate starting to happen between Democrats and Republicans? Both Univision News and Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día are reporting that a meeting between Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic leaders received praise by Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (IL), a vocal critic of recent Republican immigration policies as well as the […]

Here is the problem with the Republican party this year in 2012: they can talk all about how the economy is the #1 issue for US Latino voters and that immigration doesn't matter, the fact remains—its extreme shift in such a short time on the immigration issue is a deal breaker for many Hispanic voters. […]

Talk about a bad sequel. Just two weeks ago, the group, Nuestro Mexico del Futuro, released a video that gained over 2 million views in less than 72 hours. Right after it took off, it was removed from the group's main site and YouTube channel, although other YouTube channels are still running it: Today, after […]

The following release was sent to us today by www.nuestromexicodelfuturo.com.mx. It was in Spanish only, so we provided a English translation of it at the bottom of the original Spanish release. This is from the organization whose video two weeks ago got over 2 million YouTube views in less than 72 hours.   The video was removed […]

Tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law. What's at stake? Here is one infographic, (And for those who say it is from the ACLU, suck it.) This graphic presents some very interesting facts (for those who want to know about facts) regarding legal challenges to […]

The "TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES/WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS" Tour, an unprecedented musical, social, political, and cultural journey that celebrates the release of Outernational's “TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES/WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS” album traveled through Arizona last week. From the account we received from Leo Mintek of Outernational below, this tour is more than just songs and an album. Instead, it uses the universal language […]

Last week, PBS broadcast "Crossing the Line," which chronicled the troubling issues surrounding US border security and the real stories that shape a debate that has divided Americans and the country's major political parties. PBS revisited the tragic story of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, whose death at the hands of US Border Patrol agents received national […]

Last week, a powerful viral video from Mexico gained over 2 million views. The video showed child actors depicting some of the country's most serious problems and demanding that Mexico's political parties start worrying about solving these problems instead of the status quo. Since this year is a presidential election year in Mexico, the video […]

The Pima County Sheriff's office released the following public bulletin today, identifying the second victim, 40-year-old Juan Baltazar López of Guatemala, of an April 8 double homicide near the US-Mexico border. López and 39-year-old Gerardo Pérez-Ruiz of Mexico were killed by "an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles." Here is today's statement: […]

We will call the AG's office tomorrow to confirm that Tom Horne did indeed attend a legal fund fundraiser as a public offcial, but for now we will post what The Three Sonorans wrote this afternoon: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT THE THREE SONORANS While the top lawyer in the state finds himself under an FBI investigation, the […]

According to martinoticias.com, Andrés Carrión, the Cuban man who shouted "Down with Communism!" during Pope Benedict's Mass in Santiago, and then was immediately apprehended by the Cuban government, was released on April 14. The site, which is financed by the US government and transmits news to Cuba, posted an interview with Carrión. The image of Carrión […]

UPDATE, April 18: The original video that got over 2 million views on YouTube got removed by the user (NMF) but here is the same video on on another channel: An organization called Nuestro México del Futuro has achieved a social viral sensation with a powerful video depicting Mexican children acting out scenes of a corrupt […]

This was just posted this afternoon from the Pima County Sheriff's Office in Arizona. One of the victims killed this weekend in Eloy, Arizona  by "unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles," is a Mexican national. He has been identified as Gerardo Pérez-Ruiz, 39 years old. The second victim is believed to be […]

From independent website to local TV to the front page of Yahoo! Independent journalism does indeed get attention if a story is reported and sourced correctly. Today, a story originally published on LatinoRebels.com, which was featured yesterday on San Diego's Channel 8, made the front page Yahoo! today. The CBS 8 video went viral rather […]

UPDATE, April 11, 2012:  5:17 PM EST The Pima County Sheriff's Department has identified one of the homocide victims. Self-appointed "border justice" turned tragic near Eloy, Arizona Sunday night as two undocumented immigrants were "ambushed" and killed by a group of armed people in camouflage. Here is the official release from the Pima Country Sheriff's […]

Ever since we published our March 27 story about a Milwaukee Boy Scout troop that had issues with an unauthorized "immigrants fleeing" patch, we were the only outlet in the world to actually report the whole entire story. Last Monday, April 2, a very positive meeting between troop leaders, troop members, parents, and other community […]