Politics

It’s time to just admit that the “Latino vote” is way too complicated to put into a box.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has just released its first official TV spot, in which everything is not nearly what it appears to be.

“The Latino community deserves respect. We need someone that respects our philosophy and our culture.”

An online platform that launches on the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico is an homage to social protest

The real, unofficial story of what happened to 43 students who went missing in Iguala, Mexico on September 26, 2014

September 16 marked the anniversary of Mexican independence. But after over 200 years, Mexico still isn’t free

The author talks about her play and the diversity problem perpetuated even within the Latino community

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey delivered an address in the Senate on the economic crisis facing Puerto Rico and the U.S.’ role in helping its colony

Two years before Donald Trump thought migrants from Latin America were “bringing crime” and “rapists,” he had become an advocate for fair and comprehensive immigration reform. Back in 2013, NBC News reported a meeting between the billionaire GOP frontrunner and “youth immigrant leaders Jose Machado, Diego Sanchez and nationally renowned Dreamer Gaby Pacheco of The Bridge Project at […]

Many people are unaware of just how dark a flourishing and shady police subculture really is. Police brutality has been brought to the forefront of society, perhaps due to the influx of social media usage and smartphones. Today we are catching gross violations of the law carried out by police officers who have been sworn […]

Bajo la bandera de la descolonización se han visto alianzas raras e inesperadas. Se han visto figuras tan opuestas como Rubén Berríos y Pedro Rosselló compartiendo el mismo podio en las Naciones Unidas para denunciar el colonialismo. De la misma forma, el pre-candidato a la gobernación Ricky Rosselló dirigió el movimiento “no partidista” Boricua ¡Ahora […]

Last night on Latino Rebels Radio, we spoke with Sen. Ramón Luis Nieves, a member of Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party (PPD) who represents San Juan, Guaynabo and Aguas Buenas. The PPD and its leader, Gov. Alejandro García, is currently the party leading the island’s government during an economic crisis getting more national attention from […]

Today, during a cross-border running race that brought runners through El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who ran the race, decided to show off his new baseball cap—a clear response to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hat. The Texas Democrat’s social media account made sure that people saw his hat: . […]

Leave it to Rep. Beto O’Bourke (D-Texas) for trying to bring some sanity into the debate surrounding Donald Trump. Beto speaks the truth. In case you missed it, here is last night's interview on All In with Chris Hayes. Posted by Congressman Beto O'Rourke on Friday, July 24, 2015

The government of the Dominican Republic has recently been at the center of international criticism regarding the treatment of Haitian immigrants and their offspring. The government has launched a domestic and international publicity campaign to counter the negative press it has received. However, it must be clarified that this recent criticism does not and should […]

At a Pride Reception this past month at the White House, Latina Trans organizer Jennicet Gutiérrez of Familia TQLM and GetEqual interrupted an all too jovial speech from President Obama about what his administration has done for the LGBT Community in the U.S. The interruption led to him dismissing her and ordering she be escorted […]

Dedicated to my greatest teachers—the immigrant population of the United States. To those that like many of my family members, who suffer under a broken and racist immigration system, have not yet been able to bury their dead or cry at their graves. Nothing more powerful than the New York Subway In its serendipity led […]

Donald Trump has had a really bad week. First, NBC. Then, Macy’s. This Buzzfeed article, too. And now, even Emmitt Smith is out. Emmitt Flipping Smith. The Trump fallout continues to spiral, and today, Trump (with the help of Breitbart and The Daily Caller) is now so desperate, that he is aligning himself with President […]

Portraits of revolutionaries hang in our homes. Biographies of their lives fill our bookcases. Their public displays of courage against the injustices of the day inspire us to be eternally vigilant. But all too often our role models, especially of men for men, are largely divorced from family life in the popular imagination. Think about […]

Yesterday, Al Jazeera English’s The Stream covered the recent events from the Dominican Republic. Here is the full episode.

La versión en inglés se encuentra aquí. Honduras nunca fue tan popular, de hecho para muchos no era más que un nombre en el mapa mundial y un pequeño país tercermundista. Sin embargo los niveles de violencia, las cifras de muertos, la proliferación de las maras y pandillas y el aumento del crimen organizado y […]