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This is the full video of the changes to Cuba policy President Obama shared earlier today from The White House. The White House also released a transcript (below) right about an hour after the president spoke. The White House also issued a fact sheet, as well as a statement from Secretary of State John Kerry. […]

This past Saturday I joined thousands and thousands of people from all colors, races, ethnicities, religions and ages for the New York City edition of the “Millions March.” As most of you know, the event was part of simultaneous marches and demonstrations throughout the U.S., with the main event held in Washington, D.C. Racism, police […]

Besides an October report by NPR’s Latino USA, very little national media attention has focused on the March death of Alejandro “Alex” Nieto. While the names of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice have been part of the national news cycle, it is safe to say that very few Americans know about Nieto, who […]

One of our community members alerted us this morning to a story out of northwest Indiana. According to local Chicago media, 36-year-old Alexius Tapia was shot to death early Friday morning after confronting three teens who were breaking into cars in Tapia’s neighborhood. The following CBS Chicago report has more: Within hours of Tapia’s death, […]

Twitter has begun to start promoting its 2014 Moments, and to be honest with you, we thought the social media network would have at least highlighted either this year’s Venezuela protests or the current Mexico ones in their “News and Politics” section. Yet, bizarrely, the only Latin American moment from that section was Carnaval. Yes, […]

Yesterday we received the following document from the Law Offices of Amoachi & Johnson, PLLC: Obama’s torture of children at the border from amjolaw Amoachi & Johnson’s blog explains: The following document is a legal request made to an immigration judge to terminate the deportation of our unaccompanied child client. Under United States law, we […]

This week the parents of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students met with Mexican senators to express their demands for actions regarding their children’s case. Among these were: For the remaining 42 students to be presented alive. For the State to give an exemplary punishment to those involved in the crime. For the living victims of the […]

Late last night, the Penn State chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta, a predominantly Latino fraternity also known as Omicron Alpha, began to share the following tweets: Fellow Penn Staters, the brothers of the Omicron Alpha Chapter have a message to send out to the public. Please read the following messages — PennStateBetas (@PennStateBetas) December 10, […]

During a one-on-one interview this morning with MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart, President Obama offered his first public comments about #Ayotzinapa. As you can see, the President didn’t really Díaz-Balart’s direct question about US aid to Mexico, saying that the U.S. values Mexico as a friend and partner. He also said that corruption in Mexico “does affect […]

Late last night, we received the following email about a local story out of South Tucson, Arizona: We have been fighting a drug rehab from locating across the street from our school for 8 months now. They have money we are a small community of mostly Hispanics without any political clout. Please open link and […]

After broadcasting a stunning report on November 26 alleging that 31 high school students were kidnapped in the Mexican city of Cocula, FRANCE 24 issued the following December 4 retraction on its site: FRANCE 24 reported that 31 students were abducted in July by armed men in the Mexican city of Cocula. The facts of […]

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The latest “Ñ Don’t Stop” episode revisits the latest in the Mike Brown case. Here is Part 5 of The Mike Brown Rebellion. In case you missed it, here is Part 4… Part 3… Part 2… and Part 1.

It’s one of those simple phrases ubiquitous in the Spanish language which contain a lot of meaning in so little verbiage: Ya me cansé. When spoken by a protester, it’s more sigh than words, more gesture than actual speech. The phrase became a slogan for protesters in Mexico as soon as the exasperated attorney general […]

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Today, more U.S. Latinos than ever before are taking out loans to pursue a postsecondary degree. As the cost of postsecondary education continues to rise, Latinos are faced with an increasingly limited set of options for financing their education. As a result, students who pursue a postsecondary degree often assume massive amounts of student loan debt […]

Several Spanish-language outlets have confirmed that legendary actor/writer Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as Chespirito, has died from heart failure today in Cancún. He was 85. Chespirito will forever be known as the genius behind “El Chavo del Ocho” and “El Chapulín Colorado,” two iconic characters known throughout Latin America and the United States. Chespirito’s […]

Gentrification —the influx of residents, usually middle to upper class, into an urban area who in turn cause an uptick in property values and rent— is nearly as old as human history: historians note incidences of gentrification in Ancient Rome, when wealthy residents and commercial property owners bought out poorer areas to build large markets and […]

Sorry I missed last week. I was sick with the flu. It was fairly horrible and knocked me out for about eight days. The only person I know who didn’t get sick was the person who had a flu shot. Time down like that always makes one reflect at least during the lucid awake moments. […]

Thanks to Saturday Night Live, now everyone is up on New York City’s new marijuana policy. If you missed it, here’s the clip. And legally, it was correct: From now on, merely possessing less than 25 grams of weed in public won’t get you arrested. But it will get you a summons, and you’ll have […]

This past Monday, our group tweeted the news about #USTired2, a new grassroots movement created by organizers to promote a series of December 3 in 43 U.S. cities for the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students. That tweet made the rounds, with over 300RTs in just a few days: 43 US Cities for 43 #Ayotzinapa students. New […]