Politics

It started innocently for us. We were going into a local Target in Stoughton, Massachusetts (a hotbed of Latino culture, by the way) to grab a cup of coffee, as we walked in, we saw this right in front of the store's entrance: So we walked a bit more. Until we came here. Now, for […]

Here is the full video of what Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio had to say about immigration and the GOP at Friday's Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami. This first video shows NO SOMOS RUBIOS members interrupting Senator Rubio's speech. The other two clips show his entire speech.    

East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, who this week became known on the Internet as the "Taco Mayor" for comments he made in the wake of four town police officers getting arrested by the FBI for racial profiling, taped an interview yesterday with Hartford's WFSB station where said that he will be a "better leader.' The […]

Is the US Latino community going to educate the rest of the nation that Florida Senator Marco Rubio does NOT represent the views of Latino voters? The Miami Herald reported that the NO SOMOS RUBIOS campaign protested Rubio's appearance today in Miami. Here is an excerpt:   In the lead-up to Rubio's speech, critics from […]

GUEST POST BY RAUL RAMOS Y SANCHEZ OF RAULRAMOS.COM Do not underestimate Newt Gingrich. He is a cunning political strategist who understands the demographic death spiral facing the Republican party — and he clearly has a plan. Gingrich knows the Republican candidate in the November election will fail without support from U.S. minorities. Yet the GOP base will not nominate […]

Looks like the Facebook campaign to deliver tacos to East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo worked out, as 500 tacos arrived today at Maturo's office today. According to local Connecticut outlets, the tacos arrived around 1:30 PM EST but Maturo was not there. Instead his office issued the following statement: "The Town of East Haven has […]

On Monday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights expressing "grave concern" over  the Arizona Revised Statute §§ 15-112 that subsequently banned the TUSD MAS program. In the letter the Congressional Hispanic Caucus urged the Office for Civil Rights to investigate due to "the language […]

We have seen a lot of stories go viral online, but it is safe to say that the 24-hour news cycle regarding East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo and his "taco" comments first reported by WPIX-TV is moving at blinding speed. Case in point: now there is a Facebook campaign to deliver Maturo tacos tomorrow afternoon […]

Yes, we know East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo issued an apology for his "taco" remarks that he gave to a WPIX-TV reporter last night when discussing his efforts to reach out to the Latino community in light of four police officers being arrested for racial profiling. And yes, by now, you have probably seen WPIX's […]

Talk about quick. Less than 24 hours after WPIX TV caught him with a “taco” comment as a way to improve his city’s relations with Latino community amid news that four of his officers were arrested for racial profiling, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo has apologized for his comments, the New Haven Register today. “My […]

They are one of the fastest-growing voting groups in Florida, and while GOP candidates make their mandatory visit to Café Versailles in Little Havana, they might also consider stopping in Orlando since the Latino vote in the Sunshine State is no longer dominated by Cuban Americans. The Puerto Rican population in Florida is on the […]

FROM THE DOMINICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE Washington, DC (January 4, 2012).– For the first time, thousands of like-minded Dominicans and Dominican Americans, their families, friends and supporters from the U.S. Latino diverse communities will join DANR, the National Dominican American Council, hundreds of local organizations and leaders on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for […]

Rob, the CBS comedy that was promoted by MALDEF for its Latino actors, earned the network a solid Thursday night and made it the best-rated show since SURVIVOR in its time slot. As reported by TV.Broadway.com:   On Thursday, CBS was first in households (8.7/13), viewers (14.45m), adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (3.5/09). CBS […]

Today in LA at 2PM PST, New York City's Bonafide Rojas will be performing here: The Lounge at REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd Street. We love Bonafide, not only is he a great poet, author and musician, he is also a great soul. We had the chance to interview him a few months ago. Here it […]

The power of community and social media occurs when different ideas from different people come together to fight for a cause that is matters to them. With all the controversy surrounding Tucson Unified School District's banning of certain book as it eliminates its Mexican Studies program, a new blog is asking for people to submit […]

More than 200 people demonstrated again at ABC's headquarters in NYC on Thursday night to demand that ABC apologize for airing the now-canceled show "Work It" and meet with the organizers of the Boricuas for a Positive image group.  Here is a video of Thursday's demonstration. Photos by Rebecca Beard. Music by Mercedes Sosa. “We […]

The protest against ABC for it's airing of the now-defunct "WORK IT" show will still continue tonight at 5:30 at ABC's corporate headquarters. Boricuas For A Positive Image For Info: Mr. Rivera: 917-709-2219 ABC has cancelled the sitcom: “Work It.” Though they might believe that this will make the protest STOP, they are WRONG. The Boricua […]

Here is an update from Tucson Unified School District on the book ban.    From TUSD: Reports of TUSD book ban completely false and misleading Tucson Unified School District (January 17, 2012) Tucson, AZ, Jan. 17,2011 – Tucson Unified School District has not banned any books as has been widely and incorrectly reported. Seven books […]

The Ethnic Studies Ban has made headlines across the nation. Detractors have called the ban unconstitutional and  “have defended the Mexican-American studies program as no different than African-American or Native American studies classes.” Here at Latino Rebels we decided to give you a bit of an in-depth look at some of the books that are […]

Equality for all people is long overdue.

Cuando lanzamos esta página el 5 de mayo de 2011, publicamos la siguiente declaración que nos gustaría compartir ya que la última semana ha sido un viaje emocionante de visitas nuevas, nuevos lectores, nuevos enlaces y nuevas conexiones. Nuestra misión no ha cambiado pero cuando las personas llegan tarde a la fiesta, es posible que […]