Media

I do wonder that if former Univision host Rodner Figueroa had said what he said on Spanish-language television 10 years ago, he would still be part of the Univision family today, for the very reason that Spanish-language media didn’t have as much of a mainstream national or digital reach as it does now. Maybe a […]

Those who ignore history are doomed to look ridiculous. First, I’d like to give props to the Associated Press’ Matt Lee for showing how journalists can still serve the indispensable role of keeping a society, if not free, then at least accurate. When State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told him something blatantly untrue during a […]

On the morning of February 11, in a park in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic, a Haitian man was found hanging from a tree. Bound hand and foot, the corpse of Jean Baptiste Harry has prompted special investigations, incited fiery protests on both sides of Hispañola and become the flashpoint in an international debate […]

The following video is of poor quality but it shows Rodner Figueroa on “El Gordo y La Flaca” describing Michelle Obama’s physical features as being from the cast of the movie Planet of the Apes (El planeta de los simios in Spanish). Univision confirmed today via a statement to Latino Rebels that Figueroa has been […]

Yesterday, this happened on The Real. Three of the show’s hosts (Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jeannie Mai and Loni Love) decided to cook quesadillas dressed up like this: Last night, the Twitter profile of Mowry-Housley tweeted this (the tweet is no longer on Twitter): I’ll start there because Mowry-Housley’s deleted tweet is the only acknowledgement I have seen […]

Editor’s Note: Another more condensed version of this piece was published on the author’s College USA Today page. Earlier this week, the author submitted the following article to us, and we gladly agreed to publish it. Cristian Arcega piloted the robot into the pool. He needed to lower the ROV in the perfect angle to complete […]

The either-or future facing most undocumented immigrants in the United States can be found on the caramel-colored palms of Daniel, a six-year-old boy from El Salvador. I met him during a recent visit to the Karnes County Residential Center—or what he, his two immigrant siblings and mother call a “prison,” located about 100 miles south of […]

By now you may have already seen perhaps one of the most overtly bad stereotype moments of 2015. Earlier today The Real talk show thought dressing up its hosts in sarapes, sombreros and mustaches while doing a cooking bit about quesadillas would be funny. It wasn’t even close. All you need to do is check […]

One of the hardest things I’ve had to accept is that almost nobody really cares that much about Cuba. Even my close friends, college roommates —these are my brothers who care about me dearly— in moments of honesty tell me that they just aren’t very passionate about the Cuba issue, or care very much. My […]

There is a most unusual TV interview of Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín on YouTube. The interview occurred in March 1954, just after the Nationalist attack on U.S. Congress that was led by Lolita Lebrón. (NOTE: This video was shared on Facebook by the Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín in 2013.) During that time, Muñoz Marín had […]

Yesterday we received the following statement from #Not1More organizers regarding the news that individuals eligible for DACA and DAPA are still being deported even when President Obama told a national TV audience the following: “And so, even as people should be preparing their paperwork so that when the time comes that they can apply, in […]

Last Monday, our editors posted a Media Matters report which highlighted what we knew all along: when it comes to Sunday news shows on U.S. media (both in English and in Spanish), these shows have become a sad example of “single issue syndrome”—you know, bring your Latino guests on the show and (surprise, surprise) talk […]

This weekend, our founder @julito77 (who is also the Digital Media Director for Futuro Media Group, producers of NPR’s LatinoUSA) was part of a very honest radio discussion with Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa and political strategist Alida García about why national mainstream Latino civil rights organizations (read NCLR, MALDEF, LULAC) have been pretty silent […]

UPDATE, March 19, 2015: The petition has reached 100,000 signatures, hours before the March 20 deadline. Ah, the WhiteHouse.gov online petition page. The move to make democracy more “transparent” has had its share of winners (see Bieber) and losers (see this one). If a specific petition reaches 100,000 signatures in about 30 days, the White […]

So this weekend, our friend Dawn Page had a chance to ask Sean Penn about the “green card” joke a few weeks ago during the Oscars. After a long and rather privileged response, Sean closed with the following, “I don’t give a fuck about all this.” Seriously, Sean, a little humility instead of a typically […]

Latest #RebelReport is up. This week, R.J. addresses Michelle Rodríguez’s comments from last week on TMZ.

A few things you need to know: tax stories are really complicated and quite frankly, a bit geeky. You should also know that Puerto Rico is on the brink of bankruptcy. I’m pretty sure that you haven’t heard about that fact, nor about the story that governor Alejandro García Padilla and his status-quo pro-Commonwealth Popular […]

So, Conan went to Cuba. Seems fitting considering that, once upon a time, Conan was my generation’s Johnny Carson. And if you’ve seen any of the surveys published in the past five years, you’ll know Millennials are the most open to opening relations between the United States and its closest, non-bordering neighbor. After all, we’re too […]

Originalmente escrito en inglés por Nelson A. Denis, traducido al español por Vlade. Este ensayo no juzga ni condena a Luis Muñoz Marín. Todos sabemos que el presidente Barack Obama, el gobernador David Patterson (New York) y el congresista Trey Radel (Florida) han usado cocaína, los alcaldes Marion Barry (Washington, D.C.) y Rob Ford (Toronto) fumaron […]

Picture this: You watch West Side Story and you decide you want to be our next Rita Moreno. You know it takes exceptional talent, education and a massive amount of work to get there. You tirelessly work on your goal, keeping your eyes on the awards. You’re finally called for an audition and you meet […]

I remember the first time I heard of Dr. Ben Carson. I listened to him speak and I thought to myself, “Now that’s a man who I can back in politics.” His demeanor was very calm and he appeared quite logical. You would expect this from a man who performed brain surgeries for a living. […]