Politics

Talk about a bad sequel. Just two weeks ago, the group, Nuestro Mexico del Futuro, released a video that gained over 2 million views in less than 72 hours. Right after it took off, it was removed from the group's main site and YouTube channel, although other YouTube channels are still running it: Today, after […]

The following release was sent to us today by www.nuestromexicodelfuturo.com.mx. It was in Spanish only, so we provided a English translation of it at the bottom of the original Spanish release. This is from the organization whose video two weeks ago got over 2 million YouTube views in less than 72 hours.   The video was removed […]

This is cool. Really cool. This Friday at 11 am EDT, our founder Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) will be participating in a Google+ Hangout with John Dickerson of CBS' Face the Nation. Julito will be part of an online panel that will discuss the US Latino vote and the 2012 election. After going live tomorrow, […]

Yesterday at the United States Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, appointed by President Obama, was very active in her questioning of both the lawyers for ARIZONA v UNITED STATES, a case which addresses the constitutionality of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law. Unlike other outlets that are producing snippets of Sotomayor's questions and the respective lawyers' […]

The opinions are flowing in about today's Supreme Court arguments in ARIZONA v UNITED STATES, which focuses on the constitutionality of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law. In addition, the official SCOTUS blog offers an analysis of the proceedings. The full official transcript can be found and downloaded here from the official site of the Supreme Court. […]

We have no doubt that the mainstream media will begin to filter ARIZONA V. UNITED STATES the moment oral arguments are completed today at the US Supreme Court. We, however, will do our very best to look at the actual primary documents surrounding the case and listen to the full public audio arguments that will be […]

Here is a video of yesterday's entire Senate subcommittee hearing about Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law. Today, the US Supreme Court will be listening to oral arguments for and against the Arizona law. Our favorite part of yesterday's hearing? Former Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini's appearance. “I apologize for Arizona’s actions toward the Latino community," said […]

Tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law. What's at stake? Here is one infographic, (And for those who say it is from the ACLU, suck it.) This graphic presents some very interesting facts (for those who want to know about facts) regarding legal challenges to […]

This morning, DemocracyNow dedicated over 45 minutes of its show to the tragedy of Anastasio Herández Rojas, who was tortured and beaten mercilessly to death by US Border Patrol agents.   For more, visit WeAreAllAnastasio.org

Last week, PBS broadcast "Crossing the Line," which chronicled the troubling issues surrounding US border security and the real stories that shape a debate that has divided Americans and the country's major political parties. PBS revisited the tragic story of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, whose death at the hands of US Border Patrol agents received national […]

This morning, President Obama's chief strategist David Axelrod appeared on CNN and weighed in on the inaction surrounding the President's pledge to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill in his first term. Axelrod's take? Washington is not about "monolithic opposition" and the GOP's shift to the right has been a "reign of terror." Looks like […]

Last week, a powerful viral video from Mexico gained over 2 million views. The video showed child actors depicting some of the country's most serious problems and demanding that Mexico's political parties start worrying about solving these problems instead of the status quo. Since this year is a presidential election year in Mexico, the video […]

We will call the AG's office tomorrow to confirm that Tom Horne did indeed attend a legal fund fundraiser as a public offcial, but for now we will post what The Three Sonorans wrote this afternoon: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT THE THREE SONORANS While the top lawyer in the state finds himself under an FBI investigation, the […]

According to martinoticias.com, Andrés Carrión, the Cuban man who shouted "Down with Communism!" during Pope Benedict's Mass in Santiago, and then was immediately apprehended by the Cuban government, was released on April 14. The site, which is financed by the US government and transmits news to Cuba, posted an interview with Carrión. The image of Carrión […]

UPDATE, April 18: The original video that got over 2 million views on YouTube got removed by the user (NMF) but here is the same video on on another channel: An organization called Nuestro México del Futuro has achieved a social viral sensation with a powerful video depicting Mexican children acting out scenes of a corrupt […]

GUEST POST BY Melissa Salas Blair, founder of Puentes Research and Communications, Inc. Earlier this year, "the chimichanga heard round the United States" was interesting not just for the fact that Jim Messina, Obama 2012's campaign manager, tweeted the following  —"Line of the day from WAPO's Dana Milbank: 'The chimichanga? It may be the only […]

When National Review has issues with you, you know you got problems, since of the country's most conservative publications would never succumb to the "political correctness" movement, but tonight, they made the right decision in firing columnist John Derbyshire for a blatantly racist piece that he wrote for another outlet. This is what NR's editor […]

On March 27, our site posted an exclusive image we had received from the Twitter profile of @panchoplata1 about a Boy Scout patch that depicted the "fleeing immigrants" image under the title Border Patrol. With very little information about the patch (but with confirmation that the patch was indeed on the uniforms of a Troop […]

When you have problems, you tell your story to friends. On Wednesday, Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks, who is facing a backlash for his appearance on The Daily Show this week and his views on the district's ban on Mexican American Studies, gave a radio interview to local Tucson radio. In […]

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Tonight in Miami, during the Opening Day ceremonies between the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals, José Feliciano sang a rendition of the national anthem that was greeted by cheers at the ballpark. In 1968, a similar rendition at the World Series in Detroit was roundly criticized by many Americans, almost ending Feliciano’s career […]