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“¡Libres al fin! ¡Libres al fin! Gracias a Dios omnipotente, ¡somos libres al fin!”

Yesterday, ABC pulled the plug on the Bosom Buddies ripoff show, 'Work It," after the second episode of the show garnered a pathetic 4.9 million viewers and just a 1.5 rating from the coveted 18-49 crowd, as reported by ZapIt!. The show, which has been the target of the LGBT community as well as a […]

In the end, the only thing that matters is this: 13.5 million viewers. That is the number of people who watched Rob Schneider's "¡ROB" pilot on CBS last night. The show had suffered a barrage of critical reviews, including a scathing one by Time Magazine, but managed to gather a "shockingly" strong showing (says EW). Why […]

Tonight we will be posting our thoughts about the pilot episode of the CBS sitcom ¡ROB! Our short review: the critics were right. We can do better. We don't have to settle. Why? We will let Esai Morales explain them for us. See this.

Yes, everyone by now knows about all the "Sh*t Girls Say" parody videos, and as with any genre (yes, they are now a genre because there are so damn many of them), there are two strategies: post a parody quickly onto YouTube to ride the traffic wave—quality be damned—or wait and actually produce a higher […]

This Thursday night, a committed group went out to ABC HQ in New York to demand that ABC apologize for its now infamous "Work It" Puerto Rican Drug Dealer Joke and ask ABC that they meet with them to discuss how one of the country's largest networks can begin to portray Puerto Ricans (and all […]

The Twitter silence for Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco is over. The actor, whose ABC show "Work It" face a social media controversy for a line about Puerto Rican drug deal ears, tweeted out an apology today around 5pm EST. The apology appeared on Nolasco's stream in both English and Spanish. It was more than […]

Originally posted on NYC LATINO POLITICS. Boricuas for a Positive Image will join the NYC Chapter of  the Labor Council of Latin American Advancement on Thursday January 12 at 5:30 pm at the front of the ABC Building on 66th and Columbus in New York City. Here is a video of the initial demonstration from […]

  Originally appeared on EdMorales.net. Reprinted with permission of the author. Ed Morales is a journalist who has investigated New York City electoral politics, police brutality, street gangs, grassroots activists, and the Latino arts and music scene.  He has been a Latin music Newsday columnist and longtime Village Voice contributing writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York […]

UnivisionNews posted this video on their YouTube site that presents us with GOP Republican candidate Mitt Romney's primos. What do you think? Pandering or authentic?

The videos are in, and the response has been a wave of positivity towards the true essence of what it is to be a human being living in the 21st century. Today, the Puerto Rican Alliance for Awareness, a group formed to "bring awareness to the negative stereotyping of all groups," has announced that Dr. […]

An online change.org petition has been formed by @BellaVidaLetty asking that ABC apologize for the 'Work It" January 3 premiere. Here is the text of the letter. If you would like to sign it, you can go here and SIGN THE PETITION. You can also share it. It takes only 30 seconds.   ABC apologize […]

The recent controversy surrounding ABC's 'Work It" sitcom has created a social media firestorm and tomorrow, Sunday January 8, in Chicago, a film crew is inviting all people of Puerto Rico to educate and let people know that they don't sell drugs. Here are the details from Puerto Rican actor Darlene Vazquetelles, and director Carlos Jiménez, who […]

The following statement, released today by New York State Assemblyman José Rivera, addresses the controversy surroudning ABC's January 3 broadcast of the network's new sitcom, "Work It," which contained a joke about Puerto Ricans as drug dealers that has caused a grassroots movement by New York's Puerto Rican community asking that ABC apologize for airing […]

Today, during a Three Kings Day celebration in Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, the island's Resident Commissioner and a non-voting member of the US House of Representatives, specifically called out Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco for his portrayal of Angel on the January 3 airing of ABC's "Work It" premiere. Pierlusi's comments were published in Spanish on […]

What was just five seconds of air time on a major network has turned into a social media campaign within 48 hours among the Puerto Rican social network. Just days after the ABC sitcom "Work It" premiered, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the Latino blogosphere have been buzzing about a toss-away joke that equates Puerto Ricans […]

  “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (via Jose Ometeotl)   To say […]

In a roundtable session for selected members of the US Latino media this week, President Obama acknowledged that the current tone of recent GOP debates is helping the President's 2012 reelection bid. As reported on Univision News, President Obama discussed how best he could win the Latino vote next year. Even with unprecendented support for […]

San Diego-based music producer and veterano in the Latino Rap  scene, Jesse Perez (aka Shysti) has always been known to speak his mind. With his latest video ONE TRUE ACT OF PATRIOTISM, he is not shy about speaking about the situation happening on Wall Street. We had a chance to talk with him about #OWS […]

Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez Opening Statement as Prepared for Delivery from November 17, 2011 Photo © USATODAY As you know, a group of nine Members of Congress is traveling to Birmingham, Alabama for a series of events on Monday. We will hold an Ad Hoc hearing at 3 p.m. in the chambers of the Birmingham […]

Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, an Illinois Democrat, is leading a congressional delegation on a November 21 visit to Alabama, the latest state of the Union to have imposed harsh and draconian immigration laws, with the summer passage of state law HB 56. According to Gutiérrez's office, Gutiérrez will be joined by the following members of Congress: Rep. […]