Media

Since The New York Times’ ridiculous piece in May claiming that more Latinos are identifying as “white” between the 2000 and 2010 Census, Latino and non-Latino commentators alike have been weighing in on the many shades of color within the Latino community and the role of the “white Hispanic” within it. An intense discussion about […]

Listen, we got to give it up to what MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart has been doing on this show recently. Very few cable news network hosts are covering the immigration debate as well as he and his time are doing right now. (If you disagree, then you really aren’t watching the show.) In addition, Díaz-Balart’s bilingual […]

You know you have major problems when even the most sympathetic of outlets says you that your story is whack. That is exactly what Breitbart is telling the organizer of the silly “Shut Down All Ports of Entry” protest, which was suddenly cancelled in the early hours of September 20 because of a “bloodbath” threat […]

UPDATE, September 23, 2014: PR51st has confirmed that it has commissioned the Voter / Consumer Research survey. In an email to our founder, the group said this, “PR51st commissioned the survey. We hope that it will help mainland candidates realize that Puerto Rico’s status is an issue of concern to their constituents, and that it […]

So the day after reporter Charlo Green (real name is Charlene Egbe) dropped the f-bomb on live Alaska TV because she was really the owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club and decided to work to legalize marijuana in her state, another video from Egbe explains why she did it.

Give it up to Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) for sharing actual truth about this whole “Is ISIS on the Mexican border?” paranoia crap. As O’Rourke said last week: There’s a longstanding history in this country of projecting whatever fears we have onto the border. In the absence of understanding the border, they insert their fears. […]

So after gearing up for today’s ‘Shut Down All Ports’ protest, the lead organizer cancelled the event earlier this morning, citing “an unsubstantiated threat of mass violence to attendees, along with very suspicious activity on the Facebook site.” A few hours after Stasyi Barth posted the following, she told this to The Blaze: It was […]

We are going to take a guess and say that the Argentine artists Pool & Marianela will be getting new fans and new haters after their latest pieces of art have caused controversy in Latin America and will be pissing off toy maker Mattel as well. Because when you start publicizing photos like these… Well, […]

Released yesterday, the National Latino Media Council (NLMC) gave English-language TV networks in the U.S. a “mixed bag” review for “the 2013-2014 television season, based on the employment of Latino actors, writers, producers, directors, and entertainment executives; program development; procurement; and commitment to diversity and transparency.” The top-line conclusions were shared in a press release: […]

So a few weeks ago, we reported about a Shut Down All Ports protest. And guess what? It looks like some type of protest will be happening. All you need to do is go to their public Facebook group page, which lists all the group’s organizers and about 1,725 members. This is what main organizer […]

Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz, you know, the guy born in Canada and whose dad broke the law and bribed his way out of Cuba, released the following video: What is sad to see is how his people use stereotypical images of “bad immigrants” (scaling walls, looking ‘poor,’ being arrested by Border Patrol) and contrasts it […]

GOOD magazine is a Los Angeles-based “magazine for the global citizen.” The magazine’s Twitter profile has over 930,000 followers, and yesterday morning, GOOD’s Twitter decided to tweet this out: The reference to Mexico’s September 16 Independence Day holiday as being “less douchey” than Cinco de Mayo, led you to a story called, “Put on a […]

Last year, House Republicans published the following video at the beginning of Hispandering (sorry, Hispanic) Heritage Month: You remember late 2013, right? When the GOP-controlled House was preparing immigration reform principles that were released this past January? Guess they needed to do a YouTube video for their “Latino outreach.” You know, soften the message from […]

Yesterday during’s Mexico’s September 16 Independence Day celebration in Mexico City’s iconic Zócalo plaza —in front of president Enrique Peña Nieto, a cadre of national leaders and a national TV audience— this happened. (H/T Sin Embargo) Social media also included pictures of the flag gaffe. Se cae la bandera nacional previo al desfile -FOTOS http://t.co/faPbrwXdD7 […]

We got the following video from a loyal Latino Rebels Facebook fan, along with this text: “In honor of Hispandering month are any of you old enough to remember this scene from Hill Street Blues with René Enríquez where he laid the smack down?” This scene needs no explanation. Watch. Now for all of you […]

A viral video published by the Facebook page of Por el amor en el caserío shows 13-year-old David Santiago Román, a resident of the Luis Llorens Torres housing project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, giving the island’s current governor, Alejandro García Padilla, some advice about how to make life in U.S. territory better for kids. […]

 “…porque tus anhelos no bastaron para borrar el color de mi piel en las manos del mundo.” -Irma Pineda “Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping its dreams; it learned to […]

As reported by Buzzfeed last night, several organizations from across the political spectrum are using Hispanic Heritage Month to register more U.S. Latino voters before this year’s 2014 midterm elections. Latinos2014 is a new online registration site. According to the group’s press release, the “online voter registration campaign in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month” includes […]

Excuse us? A fan alerted us to this one. According to BetaBeat, there is now a “selfie sombrero.” No, really there is. Look here. We really thought this was a joke, but then we read this from ACER UK: Acer has collaborated with fashion designer Christian Cowan-Sanluis and created the world’s first Selfie-Hat. The sombrero […]

You would think that the White House can ease up a bit right now when it comes to dealing with U.S. Latino voters, especially after last weekend’s announcement by President Obama to delay immigration relief because (and there is no other way to put this) Democrats are just afraid of Republicans right now. But such is […]

Just five days after a social media controversy about a new “Bandidos” restaurant opening in San Francisco’s Castro district caught owners off-guard, this afternoon, the owners posted the following statement on their restaurant’s Facebook site: Reaction to the name change has been generally positive, although some think the owners were being too sensitive. Nonetheless, the […]