Politics

Talk about being all over the place. Yesterday, right after President Obama announced his administration's intentions to shift part of this country's immigration policy to allow a "deferred action" of two years that delays deportations and grants work permits for close to 1 million undocumented youth—1) who came to this country with their parents before […]

Yes, we understand that freedom of the press is an American right embedded in the Constitution. But at the same time, there is freedom of the press, and just plain being rude. Today at the White House, The Daily Caller's Neil Munro was rude. As President Obama talked about his administration's shift in immigration policy […]

This afternoon we received the following statement from the United Farm Workers, after we originally contacted them on May 25 to ask about the placement of a Budweiser logo under its iconic ¡Sí se puede! image at the organization's 50th anniversary celebration. After several emails and phone messages, we got a response from the UFW […]

Maybe the President should invite more journalists who want to pick a fight with him to the White House.

And here we go. This morning's statement by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that will put a halt to the deportation of young undocumented immigrants who entered this country with their parents if they meet certain requirements has already gotten the reactions that we would expect: those who support real comprehensive reform (and are […]

Here is what the Department of Homeland Security released around 10:15 EST TODAY: Release Date: June 15, 2012 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 La Secretaria Napolitano Anuncia Proceso De Acción Diferida Para Jóvenes Que Sean De Baja Prioridad Para La Aplicación De La Ley WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet […]

You don't think immigration is an issue in this country? That it is all about a law that, quite frankly, does not reflect the economic reality and the economic necessities we need to promote as a country in the 21st century? Tell that to TIME. This week they published the following cover: Here is an […]

Author Carmen Tafolla = Rebelde. By the way, Tafolla is San Antonio's Poet Laureate. ¡Break it down, hermana!

Yesterday, after we reported a story that our constant requests to ask the United Farm Workers (UFW) a few basic questions about the use of a Budweiser logo under the organization's iconic "Sí se puede" symbol have been ignored and has also led to the UFW's Facebook page blocking our founder for posting the very same questions we […]

What planet do the lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio live on? In a 23-page response to a federal lawsuit that alleges the racial profiling and discrimination of US Latino citizens, Arpaio's lawyers offer the following argument as one of the reasons why the lawsuit should be dismissed: PLAINTIFFS' CLAIMS BASED ON LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION […]

Nine email requests. Four phone calls. Two weeks of follow-up, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) has yet to answer the following questions we have for them regarding the placement of a Budweiser logo under the iconic "Sí se puede" image that has become a symbol of US Latino pride for many. The following text […]

Here are some additional photos stream through Twitter from some of the #YoSoy132 marches that took place today in Mexico and other parts of the world. [View the story “Pictures From Today’s #YoSoy132 Marches” on Storify] Is Mexico waking up?

Today, several #YoSoy132 marches are happening all over Mexico and yes, in other parts of the world. Here is the first series of early pics getting shared on Twitter. [View the story “Early Pictures of #YoSoy132 June 10 Marches” on Storify]

So, within 24 hours, here is what happened: An image gets uploaded on Facebook around lunch time. We call The New York Daily News. They respond. We break the story online. The reaction goes viral. The Puerto Rican press picks it up around 3pm EST. We contact the newspaper again and they give us a statement. The apology gets tweeted. […]

Just hours after an editor from Latino Rebels uploaded the following picture to our Facebook site, which shows New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz in front of two Cuban flags promoting the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in the "viva New York" section of the New York Daily News, a spokesperson for the […]

What's in the Daily News? We'll tell you what is in the Daily News, the picture of a Cuban flag next to New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz advertising this Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Talk about an oops. That is one big oops, considering that the parade is one of the city's most […]

This afternoon, as a follow-up to a sit-in staged by DREAMers at the Obama for America office in Denver asking for an executive order by President Obama to stop the deportations of undocumented youth, the National Immigrant Youth Alliance released an update for today. Here are portions of the release. For a full copy of the […]

Tonight at Obama for America’s campaign office in Denver, two DREAMers who are supporting a walk across the country to raise awareness for undocumented youth, immigration reform, and the DREAM Act, staged a sit-in that attracted social media attention and led to four Denver police officers visiting the office. No arrests were made, and as […]

Yesterday on Univsion's Al Punto, President Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod appeared on the show with Jorge Ramos. Axelrod covered many issues, but the one people are talking about is this one: “I think it would be an insult to the Hispanic community to choose Sen. Rubio…if Gov. Romney thinks that’s sort of a get-out-of-jail […]

Since neither the UFW nor Anheuser-Busch will go on record after countless calls and emails by to comment about why the Budweiser logo appeared under the organization's iconic image, others are weighing in. There will be those who are still asking for answers and those who will defend the actions of the UFW because they are […]

We are getting several questions from our networks asking us the following question: what is #yosoy132? At the end of this post is the mission statement that we translated from the original Spanish. The Spanish version originally appeared on the Facebook page of #yosoy132 (May 24 post). More information can also be found here. In the meantime, […]