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Yesterday, Al Jazeera English’s The Stream covered the recent events from the Dominican Republic. Here is the full episode.

Alondra Santos on America’s Got Talent. That’s what we’re talking about. Hit it. Feel the orgullo.   Let Alondra Santos lift you up. #AGT Posted by America's Got Talent on Tuesday, June 9, 2015  

La versión en inglés se encuentra aquí. Honduras nunca fue tan popular, de hecho para muchos no era más que un nombre en el mapa mundial y un pequeño país tercermundista. Sin embargo los niveles de violencia, las cifras de muertos, la proliferación de las maras y pandillas y el aumento del crimen organizado y […]

You can read the Spanish version here. Honduras has never been well-known, rather simply thought of as a small Third World country and not much more than a name on a world map. Yet the levels of violence, the death toll, a proliferation of gangs and gang activity, and an increase in organized crime and […]

Despite garnering over 50,000 signatures to an online petition asking that the Obama Administration not cut back on health care benefits to Puerto Ricans living on the island, this past Monday the Puerto Rican Healthcare Crisis Coalition (PRHCC) issued a strong statement, saying that June 8 decision by the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

Police-on-Police Racism Last year, a Black Fort Worth police officer discovered a noose on a snowman dressed as a policeman holding a banana on his desk. That launched a series of exposés on the institutional and blatant racism at the Forth Worth PD, which led to the city’s police chief resigning. Earlier this week, in McKinney, […]

This year, CASA, the largest immigrant rights organization in Maryland, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Since 1985, the organization has been a leader in empowering, supporting and advocating for immigrants’ rights. Through a multifaceted approach of building a powerful immigrant movement, providing direct social services to individuals from over 90 countries and shaping the political process in […]

Today a group of immigration lawyers —all individual members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)— published an open letter to AILA’S executive director, formally asking that a keynote speaker invitation to the White House’s Director of Public Policy be rescinded. The letter, which appears below, says that AILA should not have Cecilia Muñoz as […]

CHICAGO—It’s May 2015, which means the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season is only a blink away. Already hopefuls are throwing their hats into the ring. So far only one person has mounted a challenge to Hillary Clinton, the presumed Democratic nominee—though why Bernie Sanders, a self-styled democratic socialist and the independent junior senator […]

In the spirit of sharing yet another story out of Puerto Rico few mainland Americans would even care to follow, a new ad from a group called the Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Coalition is now running in the Washington, D.C., media market: The coalition, which according to its website is “a group of concerned patient […]

This Monday I was the moderator on a political roundtable where the hot topic was the 2016 presidential election. The one name that stood out above all the others was Hillary Clinton. According to one of the panelists, political psychologist and television analyst Bart Rossi: Hilary has a winning personality. It’s not just about the politics or policies, […]

“Latino writer” is a label whose purpose is to make you feel like you are a part of something big, important and ultimately has nothing to do with you as an individual. “Latino writer” does not denote quality or innovation, it is not a movement nor does it embody a single worldview, but what it […]

This just in from local Florida media. We have no words, except to say this: You go, Jessica Morales, for speaking out and letting the world know that this is 2015, and this just needs to stop. Just watch. The whole issue started via social media (what a surprise): Rather tasteless and racist that Naples […]

Please click here for Part 1 of this article, where the background of these potential consequences is laid out. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement being negotiated in secret. And yet, of its 29 known provisions, only five deal with trade. Ostensibly, the TPP is a U.S. response to the potential of being […]

Seasonal employers were relieved when the U.S. Department of Labor recently resumed processing H-2B visa program labor certifications. However, an ominous cloud of proposed new program regulations threaten what could be sunnier days for employers and workers alike. The long-running H-2B program enables businesses that perform seasonal work to legally hire employees from outside of […]

I think we’ve all agreed that racism and ethnic slurs are not OK in 2015, haven’t we? Maybe we haven’t. In today’s world, a lot of bigoted/racist/xenophobic sentiment creeps up not overtly, but in the subtle ways that are less perceptible. For example, we all constantly hear racist jokes, see stereotypical costumes and read publications […]

Earlier this morning, National Association of Hispanic Journalists President Mekhalo Medina posted the following update on NAHJ’s Facebook page: Update: During Cinco De Mayo 2015, Access Hollywood, an entertainment talk show, celebrated the holiday with its hosts wearing sombreros and mustaches. One of the hosts, Billy Bush, used an “accent” as he introduced a mariachi […]

In case you missed it last night on The Daily Show, Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal breaks it down pretty brilliantly: The Daily ShowDaily Show Full Episodes,  More Daily Show Videos,  Comedy Central Full Episodes

Ok, enough with all the #CincoDeFallo snark. Today is May 6 and we are starting the day with this amazing video from the VuelaAlto virtual choir: Are you smiling yet?

Thirty-five years ago Rubén Berríos, the president of the Independence Party of Puerto Rico (PIP), made a very dramatic speech. He informed the world that both of the major parties in Puerto Rico were a complete fraud. The reason was very simple: both of them defined their candidates, and trolled for votes, and structured their […]

So now that you have caught up with the first 19 episodes of Rebel Report, here is episode 20, and it’s all about Selena.