Politics

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 […]

In a video from Iowa posted on YouTube today by Mónica Reyes, former Secretary of State (and potential 2016 presidential candidate) Hillary Clinton was asked by immigration rights activists what she felt about President Obama’s recent decision to delay action on additional immigration relief. Clinton’s response: ” I think we have to elect more Democrats.” […]

Last week, Luis Fortuño, the former Republican pro-statehood governor of Puerto Rico, was interviewed by PJ Media in Washington, D.C after an appearance at George Washington University. Fortuño has been living in the DC area since losing his re-election bid in 2012. The question of Puerto Rico’s status question (of course) was discussed, but the […]

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 […]

Last month The Federalist published an article by Mike Gonzalez, vice president of communications for The Heritage Foundation, in which he does a fairly decent job of summarizing the origins of the term “Latino” as it is used today. “The Spanish-language term Latino America,” he writes, “from which Latino derives, was in fact created by […]

The following video of Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) essentially shredding Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) this week on the floor of the Senate says it all. The video was posted by the Senate Democrats. It’s pretty obvious why. Durbin 1, Canadian-born Senator 0.

Once again, Obama has put the interests of his party and corporate sponsors above those of the people. After promising an executive action on immigration by the end of the summer, he is now backing away deciding to delay it until after the elections in November. At the same time, thousands of families are separated […]

In response to an appearance by White House Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz yesterday on MSNBC’s Jose Díaz Balart show, immigration rights activist Erika Andiola issued the following statement, essentially calling out Muñoz for using Andiola’s family to defend a decision by President Obama to delay any additional action on immigration reform: As a Latina, […]

Earlier today, White House Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz appeared on MSNBC with José Díaz-Balart. Let the spin begin. Can this get any more complicated and out of whack? Can it get any more political? Can it get any more shameful? Now all this delay is based on this summer’s “border crisis.” The irony of […]

Looks like Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz is kicking it into high-gear for the upcoming midterms. Here is a snippet of what he said Saturday after speaking at Americans for Prosperity’s “Defending the American Dream” summit. Yes, he actually made reference to the guy in the Osama Bid Laden costume. But, Senator Cruz, what about the […]

This following is a video of Ly Kou. Kou and others spoke in front of the Riverside, CA, City Council about whether or not Riverside should become a sanctuary city for recent Central American migrants fleeing their countries. Riverside eventually voted against the measure, but it looks like Kou needs to brush up on her […]

Last night, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was the featured speaker at a dinner, lecture and book signing hosted by The Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA. A group of veterans from the American GI Forum of California and immigrant rights activists (sponsored by SEIU, CHIRLA and Mi familia vota) attended the event together. Members […]

On August 29, 1970, what began as a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War turned into one of the worst examples of police brutality in the history of the United States.

Back in 2010, Arizona’s education chief John Huppenthal ordered Tuscon’s school district to remove Mexican American Studies courses from its curriculum or lose 10 percent of its funding. This came after an audit commissioned by Huppenthal himself that recommended the program on the basis of, among other things, its promotion of critical thinking. Huppenthal and his […]

While the English-language U.S. press has focused on Central American migrants journeying north, little is being written about the migrant crisis happening in Costa Rica. Contrary to reports that Nicaragua is not experiencing much migration to the United States when compared to countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, one fact is being largely […]

For those keeping score, here is a series of remarks Senator Marco Rubio said or wrote in 2012 when it came to immigration: For those children that were brought here at a very young age by their parents, through no fault of their own, who has grown up here their entire lives and now want […]

Talk about awkward. Several reports out of Georgia are sharing the account of a rather tense moment between Georgia governor Nathan Deal (R) and immigration activists Tuesday night during an event hosted by the University of Georgia College Republicans. Reporter Blake Aued, who attended the event, live-tweeted the following during Deal’s speech about whether or […]

Another episode of “Américans with Roberto Lovato” is out. This week Roberto traveled to Escondido, California, where Central American child refugees have arrived, sparking heated debate and controversy. Local activists Ricardo Favela and Olga Diaz explain the mixture of hate with hope. Earlier this week, “Américans” explored 20 years since Prop 187, and last week, […]

As you watch the following video, all you need to know is this about the person talking in the video: Tamara Scott is the National Committeewoman for the Republican National Convention. This is what Scott said on her radio show: When we see these kids, you and I think young kids, we think maybe 12-year-olds, […]

Andrew Thomas, the Arizona Republican candidate for governor who produced one of the most racist political ads we have ever seen, declining an August 20 candidate forum organized by the conservative LIBRE Initiative group and Univision, which broadcast the forum and translated it to Spanish. Apparently Thomas had issues with the whole concept of the forum. Here […]

In the lead up to this year’s FIFA World Cup, the general consensus was that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff needed to pull off a successful tournament in order to solidify her chances of winning re-election this fall. At one time enjoying huge voter support, Rousseff has seen her popularity take a few blows since protests erupted during the 2013 […]