Politics

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

Here’s a new video from AJ+ which asks, “Does Donald Trump Speak For You?” Dena Takruri went to Iowa and talked with Republicans about Donald Trump. Then Dena and her team drove to Iowa’s first majority Latino town to ask the very same question.

Need we remind everyone. Here is what Donald Trump told Newsmax in 2012: “Republicans didn’t have anything going for them with respect to Latinos and with respect to Asians,” the billionaire developer says. “The Democrats didn’t have a policy for dealing with illegal immigrants, but what they did have going for them is they weren’t […]

Puerto Rico’s Instituto de Cultural Puertorriqueña (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture) issued a press release announcing the following (our translation): “Over 4,000 files illegally created by the Intelligence Division of Puerto Rico’s Police against thousands of citizens sympathetic to Puerto Rico’s independence from the 1950s though the 1980s are now available for public viewing in […]

The following video was produced today by AJ+: “More than 200 (sanctuary) cities don’t cooperate with U.S. Immigration to deport undocumented immigrants. Police say it helps them to fight crime by building trust with immigrants, but does it really make a city safer?”

What follows are several videos about the #BlackLivesMatter protest that happened today at Netroots, when Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders spoke at the event, moderated by Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting). Here is a five-minute clip, posted by The Benjamin Dixon Show, during O’Malley’s appearance. It is this video where O’Malley said the […]

When I was an undergrad at the University of Tampa, one of my Latin American History professors made the point that the wars of independence in the 19th century were not so much popular rebellions as they were one social class (the Criollos, or direct Spanish descendants born and raised in the Americas) fighting another (the […]

This week, as President Barack Obama commuted sentences for 46 non-violent drug offenders, we revisit the story of Jay Hernandez, the first Latino given clemency by President Obama in 2012. Earlier today, President Obama went to El Reno, Oklahoma, where he visited a prison to push criminal justice reform. Jay served time in that very […]

Maricopa County’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the personification of hate. As a result, the man who made his career putting children in chain gangs and ritualizing acts of humiliation in the name of law and order may finally be seeing the end to his reign. But for Arizona to recover from its reputation as the […]

Finally, there is a presidential candidate who basically spoke the truth about Donald Trump’s “rapists” and “criminals” comments from June 16. Here is what Martin O’Malley told Jorge Ramos earlier today: For those keeping score at home, this is what you need to know about the Know-Nothing Party: The Know-Nothing party was an outgrowth of […]

Editor’s Note: Today, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) sent us an English version of the original Spanish report it published on its site earlier this morning. CPI, as well reporters Joel Cintrón Arbasetti and Carla Minet, have granted Latino Rebels permission to publish CPI’s official English version of this story. Here is CPI’s story […]

FOXBORO, MA, July 10, 2015 I am driving down Route 1 headed to the stadium normally reserved for Patriots. My middle schooler (and fútbol-obsessed) son is in the back seat with his friend. They talk Clint Dempsey, Ronaldo and if they will ever get the chance to watch an FA Cup Final at Wembley. Did […]

Here are the videos of the speeches made today by the Democratic presidential candidates at the National Council of La Raza’s annual conference. Bernie Sanders started it off with this speech. Here is Martin O’Malley’s speech, who followed Sanders. Hillary Clinton was the last speaker. No Republicans spoke at the event today.

We have arrived at the Mamey Hour. Se nos llenó el cuarto de agua. Pa’ tras ni para coger impulso. Al carajo albañiles, se acabó la mezcla. Nos llegó la dolorosa y no la podemos pagar. Más claro no canta un gallo. El gobernador Alejandro García Padilla finalmente encontró un buen par de pantalones y […]

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 […]

Earlier today, our founder @julito77 was on MSNBC discussing the latest about Donald Trump. Julito has some insights, to say the least, and not just about Trump. Watch it here.

A new video from the Democratic National Committee’s Rapid Response YouTube channel is focusing on the recent Donald Trump controversy, which continues to dominate the current coverage of the 2016 presidential primary season. Besides calling out Trump for his comments about Mexicans and Mexican immigrants, the DNC video is trying to link comments from current […]

Yesterday, Al Jazeera’s The Stream discussed the current fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico. Two Latino Rebels contributors, Luis Gallardo and Phillip Arroyo, were part of the panel. In addition, around the 25-minute mark, our very own @julito77 weighed in with a question. (Julito used to be part of The Stream.) Here is the full episode:

This following video came our way tonight. It is by @UDsydeFilms. This is what @UDsydeFilms says: “For a while I came up with this idea for a video, only that I didn’t know exactly what message I was trying to get across. I more just wanted to see who supported Donald Trump or not… and […]