Politics

So let's get this straight. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio spends the last few years (yes, even President Bush's administration was already questioning his motives) creating an atmosphere of anti-Latino hate and fear that profiled American citizens of Latino origin and those "crimimal illegals" all in the name of secure borders, but once you get […]

Originally published in JulioRVarela.com There is journalism and then there is fluff. FOX's "STOSSEL" show is fluff. One-sided agenda journalism at its worst. Republican and pro-statehood Puerto Rican governor Luis Fortuño, the incumbent who is trailing in polls to an opponent who has his own issues, is trying to put a spin on an economic […]

Here is the full united video from the May 10, 2012 United States Department's press conference detailing its lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Arpaio are being sued for alleged acts of racial profiling, specifically among US citizens of Latino descent, and for unconstitutional law enforcement practices. "The […]

What follows below are the entire public documents describing in full detail the lawsuit filed this week by the United States government against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio has already gone on record to say the following, as reported by CNN: "They're using me for the Latino vote, showing that they're doing something, taking […]

Democracy Now! provided as rather extensive and detailed report about the recent suit filed by the US Department of Justice against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose office has been charged with racially profiling Latino residents in the Phoenix area. Here is the video of the segment and the transcript from today's segment.   JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We […]

ORIGINALLY PUBLLISHED AT REMEZCLA It’s often said that there’s nothing more American than baseball (much to the chagrin of apple pie). We’re not sure if that line was cobbled together in a public relations meeting but it does hold some weight when one considers how some aspects of the history of the sport mirror historic […]

Last week the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights filed a complaint against the governing board of the Tucson Unified School District, the latest in a series of events that continue to gain national attention, from book bans to Daily Show appearances of TUSD board members. Here is what the Arizona press is […]

Pete Wilson? Really? As the GOP and the Republican National Committee struggle to change Mitt Romney's extreme immigration stances that he employed during the primary season, the Sacramento Bee reported today that former California governor Pete Wilson, perhaps one of the most infamous anti-immigrant leaders of the last two decades (hello, Prop 187), has been named […]

A report out of Utah describes the creation of a new site called IllegalAlienReport.com, which allegedly allows people to sign up and self-report suspected "illegals." It is a sign of what is so bad about the Internet (unchecked and unmonitored content curation), and as the Utah report says, it can lead to extreme examples of discrimination: […]

Where is the outrage? Two weeks ago, PBS broadcast the following video (over 100,000 views on YouTube) that shows US Border Patrol agents beating Anastasio Rojas, who died a few days later from his injuries. As a result of this tape, calls for the US Department of Justice to initiate an investigation began to mount. […]

Our own Rebecca Beard of RebeccaBeard.com was in New York City yesterday to chronicle the May Day march in lower Manhattan. Here is a video of her shots. Music by Los Planetas.

The following video, which has gotten over 62,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded in late March, shows Mexican presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota of the National Action Party (PAN) walking out of a March 9 open forum with Mexican citizens in Los Angeles without even answering questions from voters. Watch for yourself and see […]

Months after it began a protest against ABC for a controversial line from the canceled "Work It" sitcom that equated Puerto Ricans to drug dealers, Boricuas for a Positive Image finally received a formal apology from the network. Here is a two-part segment from New York City's local ABC station that chronicles the efforts from […]

This Monday Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día, the island's largest newspaper, published details about a Twitter picture that was posted last week comparing Rafael Cox Alomar, the Popular Democratic Party's (PPD) candidate for Resident Commissioner—Puerto Rico's non-voting member of Congress—to Yeyo the chimpanzee, who recently died in a Puerto Rican zoo. What is even stranger […]

Here is the official CBS News video (below) from the Google+ Hangout with John Dickerson, where our founder Julio Ricardo Varela appeared with other guests to discuss the 2012 US Latino vote. One behalf of ALL THE REBELDES, we would like to thanks CBS News and all the panelists for a great discussion.

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE THREE SONORANS The international news segment below, from Primer Impacto on Univision, has the latest on the ban of Mexican American Studies in TUSD and makes use of lots of Three Sonorans video.

What a cool week for the Latino Rebels. As we celebrate our first-year anniversary on May 5, we are proud to say that this little band of Rebeldes will be on national TV this Sunday on CBS News' Face the Nation. Our founder Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) appeared on a very lively and informative Google+ […]

Any law restricting the right of a woman to have full control of her own body and make her own choices is a violation of basic human rights. Relegating women to a series of body parts is demeaning, subjugating and creates blatant inequality.  This Saturday, April 28, 2012 beginning at 11:00am nationwide marches and rallies […]

As a complement to the full transcript of ARIZONA V. UNITED SATES  that the US Supreme Court released this Wednesday, SCOTUS also released the full audio of the proceedings today. The case is exploring the constitutionality of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration bill. A ruling on the case will be made in June. Here is […]

Is the shift in the immigration debate starting to happen between Democrats and Republicans? Both Univision News and Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día are reporting that a meeting between Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic leaders received praise by Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (IL), a vocal critic of recent Republican immigration policies as well as the […]

Here is the problem with the Republican party this year in 2012: they can talk all about how the economy is the #1 issue for US Latino voters and that immigration doesn't matter, the fact remains—its extreme shift in such a short time on the immigration issue is a deal breaker for many Hispanic voters. […]