Injustice

When National Review has issues with you, you know you got problems, since of the country's most conservative publications would never succumb to the "political correctness" movement, but tonight, they made the right decision in firing columnist John Derbyshire for a blatantly racist piece that he wrote for another outlet. This is what NR's editor […]

On March 27, our site posted an exclusive image we had received from the Twitter profile of @panchoplata1 about a Boy Scout patch that depicted the "fleeing immigrants" image under the title Border Patrol. With very little information about the patch (but with confirmation that the patch was indeed on the uniforms of a Troop […]

When you have problems, you tell your story to friends. On Wednesday, Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks, who is facing a backlash for his appearance on The Daily Show this week and his views on the district's ban on Mexican American Studies, gave a radio interview to local Tucson radio. In […]

Orginally Published at Librotraficante.com THE LIBROTRAFICANTE MANIFESTO by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante "It now falls on us, the Children of The American Dream, to defend the Civil Rights of all Americans, because that is what is on the line." Arizona Legislators, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. HOUSTON (April 4, 2012) The 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to Tucson […]

Looks like the reaction to The Daily Show appearance from Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks has started to take a life of its own, as several Arizona outlets have begun to cover the reaction to what was a bizarre and perplexing appearance by Hicks and his explanation as to why TUSD […]

In response to last night's The Daily Show segment, where Tucson Unified School District board member Michael Hicks offered some rather bizarre interpretations as to why TUSD decided to ban the academically successful Mexican American Studies program, a spokesperson for TUSD emailed a brief statement, when we requested comment from TUSD and its superintendent Dr. […]

The following is the email response we received from Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks regarding his appearance with Al Madrigal on last night's The Daily Show, which covered the recent controversy surrounding the ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson:   With all due respect, the Daily Show is a money […]

After a stunning and strange Daily Show interview with Al Madrigal, Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks reportedly responded via a Facebook post that was shared by Wenona Benally Baldenegro, who is running for Congress in Tucson. This is what Baldenegro posted on her personal Facebook page from a post that Hicks […]

Last night on The Daily Show, Al Madrigal did a segment on Tucson's ban of Mexican American Studies program. In the segment, TUSD school board member Michael Hicks shared his thoughts about education and the board's intent. We are still a bit shocked that someone like Hicks actually got elected. In the interest of educating […]

Media Coalition has reported the following Arizona bill that in essence would criminalize speech on the Internet: Arizona House Bill 2549 would update the state's telephone harassment law to apply to the Internet and other electronic communications. It would make it a crime to communicate via electronic means speech that is intended to "annoy," "offend," […]

SIGN AND SHARE THIS ONLINE PETITION Sean Arce is one of the founders of the successful TUSD MAS Program, and is one of our community's most treasured resources.  He has been a beacon of light, during this time of attack on the Tucson community, and he has risen above the fray to do what he […]

This afternoon, we received the following statement from David Burke, Communications Specialist for the Boy Scouts of America, regarding the use of the "fleeing immigrants" image on a patch created by a local Milwaukee troop, who named themselves the "Border Patrol." Here is what Mr. Burke sent to us:   I have been asked to respond to […]

Today, March 31, 2012, we celebrate the life and accomplishments of César Chávez, who will forever inspire us. We start off the day with a proclamation by President Obama, followed by some of the more interesting clips that we have found over the years about Chávez.   The White House Office of the Press Secretary For […]

Tonight the Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 11 in Milwaukee, Ryan Antczak, responded to our questions regarding an unauthorized Boy Scout patch depicting the iconic "immigrants fleeing" road sign image, which to has become a symbol of anti-immigrant scorn and hatred for many US Latinos. First, Antczak was wanted to let us know that he does not […]

UPDATE: The Troop met with other members of the Milwaukee community this past Monday and the outcome was very positive on all sides. What began as an email to the Boy Scouts of America about a questionable patch depicting the iconic "fleeing immigrants" image that has become a national symbol of anti-Latino hate has turned […]

This image from Cuba this past week showed an unidentified man who shouted, "Down with Communism!" during the Pope's mass in Santiago, Cuba. The man was quickly taken away from Cuban authorities, leaving questions as to his whereabouts and what happened to him. According to the following YouTube broadcast from Háblalo Sin Miedo, the man […]

Over the past few weeks, we have read A LOT about the fact that George Zimmerman is not “white” but that he is “Hispanic” (even though when initial media reports of his February 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin called him “white”). It started when Zimmerman’s father, Bob Zimmerman, shared this information in a letter to the […]

The following image was shared by a member of our Facebook community today and it got us to do a little digging and find out what happened in Havana during the Pope's visit on Monday. We went straight to Twitter to see what some Cuban profiles were saying and @yoanisanchez tweeted the following on Tuesday. […]

On Monday we received the following image from our Twitter feed, and we were told that the patch was used by Boy Scouts from Milwaukee's Troop 11: We contacted the Boy Scouts of America and received the following emails from the Boy Scouts national leadership. Here is the first email: The National Council, Boy Scouts […]

47 pages. The city of Sanford, FL released George Zimmerman's 911 call history and it's 47 pages long. You can download the PDF here. Zimmerman has been making 911 calls since 2004.  

Esquire magazine is not a publication I read but it was brought to my attention because everyone was making a fuss over how beautiful Sofia Vergara looked on its new cover. Yes, she is a gorgeous Colombian actress who would look amazing on the cover of any magazine. Then as I began reading an excerpt […]