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Ok, we are still feeling a bit dirty that we got mentioned on Fox News. And they totally missed our point about Eva Longoria's unfortunate rewteets, so we wanted to offer our response to it. Dear Fox News: Thanks for the mention, but… We never said we were "offended," although we did say that what […]

You know when you have pages like NBC Latino and Remezcla sending you posts about a new Latina Disney princess, the Rebeldes have to check it out. Ok, at first, we thought the princess, named Princess Sofia, looked like a young Christina Hendricks from Mad Men. Not Latina. But like NBC's piece said, let's assume […]

After facing a Twitter firestorm from conservative outlets like Drudge, Breitbart and the Washington Examiner for retweeting a vulgar tweet that called Mitt Romney a "misogynistic/racist twat," actress/activist and Obama for America campaign co-chairman Eva Longoria took to her social networks today to issue an apology and clarify her intentions. According to the HuffPost's Latino […]

Yesterday we reported the story of Christian Santiago Tapia, social media manager and adviser to the governor of Michoacán, who via Facebook called for the burning of teacher colleges and student protesters in the Mexican state. The protesters were raided by Mexican police on Monday, and several disturbing images have been shared online. Here is just one […]

UPDATE: As of Thursday afternoon, October 18, Longoria has tweeted out an apology. You would think that after retweeting and deleting a tasteless prison rape tweet when describing the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, Obama for America national campaign co-chair and actress/activist Eva Longoria would have learned that it is […]

This just in from Maricopa County in Arizona. The county's election department admitted to an error on voter cards. According to a report by ABC 15, here is what happened: The Maricopa County Elections Department mistakenly listed the wrong date of the upcoming general election on an official government document. The error appears on a […]

Ben Affleck's ARGO came out October 12 and it is already getting Oscar buzz. The movie, based on a 1979 CIA successful rescue of six American diplomats in Iran, is good. Very good. Affleck deserves the kudos, except for one thing: instead of casting a Latino actor to play the movie's main character, Tony Méndez, […]

We understand. When you are a political junkie and are watching a debate and you think that your guy is doing an amazing job and you have your smart phone and you start tweeting your excitement, it might lead to major problems. Such is the case of Eva Longoria, who retweeted the following to her […]

We would think that this following ad from Disney World Latino (yes, people there is now a Disney World Latino) will play well to the mainstream. But here we go again: look at us! Dancing! Singing! We are different! Flaunting our "Latino-ness." Because it is Hispanic Heritage Month! When will campaigns such as these just stop […]

We really thought that CNN columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. would once again begin to raise the level of discussion with his opinions about US Latinos in the 21st century. Just last week, for example, Navarrette penned a column about the recent Kennedy Center controversy and how it continues to ignore US Latino honorees. It was […]

Hey, we understand that the following story from The Daily Kos is an interesting one. Titled "My (formerly)Republican Mama got a call from a Romney Canvasser," the writer makes a case about how demographics are changing in Florida. Our only biggest editorial criticism of the piece is this one: get a Spanish editor/copyeditor, please? The […]

Is it any coincidence that on the day that the latest Latino Decisions poll has Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney down 53 points in a weekly tracking poll of US Latino voters, Romney gives an interview with The Denver Post and basically says that he would honor President Obama's deferred action executive order that allows for […]

It looks like the Kennedy Center finally got the message. Yesterday the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) received an apology from Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser for his unprofessional response about why the center hadn't honored that many Latinos in the history of its organization. Kaiser had initially told the NHFA's Felix Sanchez […]

Last week, we were one of many pages to report how the Kennedy Center once again ignored worthy Latino candidates in choosing its list of 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Along with several Latino media sites, the story was also covered by national outlets such as NPS, POLITICO, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington […]

Here is something you might not know. What do the following people have in common? Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán, Celia Cruz, Anthony Quinn, Raúl Juliá, José Ferrer, Rita Moreno, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana, Rubén Blades, Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Edward James Olmos. According to the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) and the National […]

Yesterday, the Twitter account of filmmaker Michael Moore decided to create a new hashtag called #IfOnlyIWereMexican. The tweet was in reference to the secret Mitt Romney video clip (which we published last week on this page) where Romney is attempting to be funny by claiming that he wished he were Latino .  Now that Mother […]

FYI, Cecily Strong isn’t even Latina. Yes, we know: we really want NBC's SNL to actually start producing Latino-themed comedy that is actually good. We love it when SNL gets all political, but when it comes to Latino humor, the show has been missing the mark since… forever. This is what happens when your writing staff […]

We don't like Hispanic Heritage Month. We never have and we never will. Our reason is simple: all of a sudden people, brands, and organizations who have no idea or clue about the complexities of the US Latino world try to pretend that they do. Case in point: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Here is […]

Like we said a few days ago, imagine if BarackObama.com were taken over by Republicans or if MittRomney.com was now controlled by Democrats. In essence, that is what happened to Puerto Rican governor Luis Fortuño (a pro-statehood Republican) whose 2008 campaign site LuisFortuno.com was never renewed by his campaign and has recently become the property […]

After we stopped chuckling and shaking our heads about the Clorox Latino "refranes de mi abuela" campaign, we asked ourselves: does Clorox really not have a clue about marketing to Latino customers? We guess so, as the following article from The Los Angeles Times reveals: Latino buying power this year is estimated at $1.2 trillion […]

Yes, we get it. American brands in the United States know that the Latino consumer market is the NEXT BIG THING, and there is a frantic rush for these brands to authentically connect with these consumers. That is not the issue here. The issue is this: when you think of Clorox Bleach, do you really […]