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Latinas are one of the fastest growing and most dynamic demographic within the business community. These leaders are creating innovative tools, strategies and business models that are benefiting large and small businesses throughout the United States. According to the 2013 Women-Owned Business report, Latinas own nearly one million businesses in the United States, they employ […]

MALVINAS ARGENTINAS, CÓRDOBA—For the first time in history, a campsite of neighbors in Argentina has stopped the construction of a multinational agriculture plant belonging to Monsanto. For more than six months, residents of Malvinas Argentinas, a small town outside of Córdoba, Argentina, have been camping on the land occupied by Monsanto, a biotechnology multinational which […]

¡PENDEJO ALERT! Let the fear-mongering begin. The following “news” (cue dramatic music) by faux outlet Breitbart has American’s Favorite Pendejo, Rep. Steve King of Iowa (R), talking ignorance. Again. Here is the “shocking” video: Here is what King told Breitbart (we emphasized the big nugget for you): If we’re going to put out the bait, […]

Last night Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Día followed up on an NBC News story sharing that Ft. Hood shooter Iván López was from Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. The END spoke with sources who said that López, an Iraq veteran, went to Asunción Rodríguez de Sala school in Guayanilla, was part the school band and was also […]

Recently, I went to a film screening of “César Chávez” in Bakersfield, California. I went with my wife and children, and watched the film with a packed house of students and farmworkers at the Maya Cinemas. It was a fundraiser for FIELD (Farmworker Institute for Education and Leadership). I’m on the FIELD board and it […]

You can catch Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here, Chapter 3 here and Chapter 4 here. Indie-inspired, Latin-hearted group Del Exilio brings you new music videos from their new album PANAMERICANO, blending telenovela episodes with traditional music videos.  Check out this web video series that captures the story of how an immigration reform revolution is sparked, and how a young man’s […]

Puerto Rico is usually thought of as a tourism destination or is usually invisible in the U.S. media. In recent times, its fiscal and economic crisis has led to inaccurate comparisons with Detroit or Greece whose fiscal crisis have attracted much media attention. As usual, the mainstream press looks at the illness without looking at […]

We refuse to link back to Univision’s interview with George Zimmerman for a very simple reason: it was shameful. There is so much to be said about why the country’s largest Spanish-speaking network decided to interview a man whose only claim to fame was that he shot Trayvon Martin to death. What Univision did last […]

Recently, I met a a young man, about 23 years old or so, and he was doing construction work on our bathroom. Juan shared that he was here “sin papeles,” which translated means “without papers,” aka undocumented. Juan is one of over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Juan spoke with me about […]

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Remember the immigration mural in Wichita, Kansas defaced with racist graffiti this week? We have some good news to share. The folks at The Seed House/Casa de la Semilla updated us this evening about the mural. It has been restored. Here are three images the group shared on its Facebook page. And this, too: A […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: As a complement to our piece about how the U.S. media has overlooked parts of the pot debate, writer Carolina Drake shares her thoughts. Drug legalization is not as stoner-centered as you think once we look at both sides of the supply and demand transaction, and consider that legalization in the US could […]

Everyone knows that Dr. Stephen Steinlight of the Center for Immigration Studies has already earned #NoMames Emeritus status, and Steinlight shows no signs of losing such an honor. We found the following comments via RightWingWatch, which referred to a January 1 interview with Steinlight in a Washington Times community interview with Joseph Cotto. Here is […]

Much love and respect to Dreamers Adrift, especially homies Jesús Iñiguez and Julio Salgado. 2014 is upon us, and the journey continues. Read more at DreamersAdrift.com

Late last year, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and other Latino organizations took the lead in addressing the diversity issue at NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” with an open letter to Lorne Michaels, the show’s creator. Here is the original letter: Today the Washington Post published a letter by NHFA chairman Felix Sanchez. Sanchez […]

Let’s start by saying: this is not a joke. As first reported by The New York Post. You just have to read it: A rival of Melissa Mark-Viverito filed a million-dollar lawsuit against the front-runner for City Council speaker — claiming she put a Caribbean hex on her while the two were running for the […]

It is no surprise to us that when news of Sergio C. Garcia’s admission into the California state bar as the “first publicly known undocumented lawyer” (h/t Colorlines) hit the mainstream media, that the message would be skewed depending on the outlet. It only proves to us that the immigration partisanship will only get worse […]

In an email obtained by Latino Rebels, José Santana, the Executive Director of the Dominican Republic’s International Advisory Committee on Science and Technology, an organization created by former president Leonel Fernández, lambasted author Junot Díaz for critical comments about current Dominican politicians, specifically in how they are using the current controversy surrounding Dominicans of Haitian […]

Last week Dominican writer Giovanny Cruz wrote a rather scathing and nationalistic op-ed in notimundord.com basically slamming fellow Dominican writers Junot Díaz and Julia Álvarez for writing a letter to The New York Times criticizing the Dominican government for its recent ruling on citizenship for Haitians. The October 29 Times letter, co-signed by Díaz, Álvarez, Mark Kurlansky […]

This 2012 gem was found by Upworthy. This is Peter Christ, co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Start at 3:06, when he says, “We are out there enforcing morality when we enforce drug laws.” Truth.

Remember early in November when New Jersey governor Chris Christie was being praised for being a Republican that was able to garner the Latino vote in an election? The Daily Beast, for example, reminded readers that right before Christie’s re-election sweep, he had changed his position on New Jersey’s version of a DREAM Act, making […]