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UPDATE, March 19, 2015: The petition has reached 100,000 signatures, hours before the March 20 deadline. Ah, the WhiteHouse.gov online petition page. The move to make democracy more “transparent” has had its share of winners (see Bieber) and losers (see this one). If a specific petition reaches 100,000 signatures in about 30 days, the White […]

So this weekend, our friend Dawn Page had a chance to ask Sean Penn about the “green card” joke a few weeks ago during the Oscars. After a long and rather privileged response, Sean closed with the following, “I don’t give a fuck about all this.” Seriously, Sean, a little humility instead of a typically […]

Latest #RebelReport is up. This week, R.J. addresses Michelle Rodríguez’s comments from last week on TMZ.

When speaking to MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart at the February 25 Immigration Town Hall, President Obama unequivocally explained that despite the federal court injunction of his executive actions, individuals who may qualify are not at risk for deportation and, moreover, there would be “consequences” if ICE employees ignore existing deportation policies. Despite these assurances, on literally the […]

The shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, Washington, last month has led another family to share troubling details about the death of Brad Jensen, which happened last year in Pasco. Here is the report from local media. NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | For more, read here.

A few things you need to know: tax stories are really complicated and quite frankly, a bit geeky. You should also know that Puerto Rico is on the brink of bankruptcy. I’m pretty sure that you haven’t heard about that fact, nor about the story that governor Alejandro García Padilla and his status-quo pro-Commonwealth Popular […]

So, Conan went to Cuba. Seems fitting considering that, once upon a time, Conan was my generation’s Johnny Carson. And if you’ve seen any of the surveys published in the past five years, you’ll know Millennials are the most open to opening relations between the United States and its closest, non-bordering neighbor. After all, we’re too […]

Originalmente escrito en inglés por Nelson A. Denis, traducido al español por Vlade. Este ensayo no juzga ni condena a Luis Muñoz Marín. Todos sabemos que el presidente Barack Obama, el gobernador David Patterson (New York) y el congresista Trey Radel (Florida) han usado cocaína, los alcaldes Marion Barry (Washington, D.C.) y Rob Ford (Toronto) fumaron […]

With a speech full of ill-intentioned references to Nazi Germany and World War II, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress earlier this week. Meanwhile, President Obama outplayed Netanyahu by having a telephone conference with the representatives of the other five major powers (Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) negotiating a peaceful resolution with Iran. Netanyahu has a […]

Picture this: You watch West Side Story and you decide you want to be our next Rita Moreno. You know it takes exceptional talent, education and a massive amount of work to get there. You tirelessly work on your goal, keeping your eyes on the awards. You’re finally called for an audition and you meet […]

Hey, we get it. Cuba is a really touchy subject. You don’t have to remind us. It is a topic that generates intense passion and opinions. We know. With that said, last night a lot of the Rebeldes caught Conan Brien’s show, which was filmed in La Habana over the course of four days. Were […]

I remember the first time I heard of Dr. Ben Carson. I listened to him speak and I thought to myself, “Now that’s a man who I can back in politics.” His demeanor was very calm and he appeared quite logical. You would expect this from a man who performed brain surgeries for a living. […]

Here is a very telling video released today from Media Matters: For more about the report, read it here.

This the text of a March 3 letter delivered from Consejo Latino in Pasco to Shawn Sant, the prosecutor for Franklin County, Washington, regarding the shooting death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes. Consejo Latino 900 North Road 64 Pasco, WA 99301 3 March 2015 Mr. Shawn Sant Prosecutor Franklin County Pasco, Washington 99301 Re: Police Shooting – […]

We turned our readers onto Kansas City band Making Movies a couple of years ago, and it looks like they’re continuing to tell stories of the Latino experience—not only through their music, but via community involvement and in sharing the stories of friends and fans they’ve made while touring. Recently, Making Movies connected with the […]

A very worthy video to catch when you can.

Yesterday on MSNBC, immigration attorney Matthew Kolken discussed an issue that is not being discussed during the political debate surrounding President Obama’s executive action on immigration relief. Watch.

When we think of robber barons, the usual suspects include John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt. But one robber baron has gone underappreciated: the man who stole Puerto Rico. His name is Charles Herbert Allen, the first U.S. civilian governor of Puerto Rico. He served only 17 months, but that was all he […]

Health and wellness is a touchy subject, and so before I dive into it, I want to make a couple of things clear: This article is meant to analyze how media representation can affect people of different cultures and is my attempt at understanding how those representations embolden misconceptions about healthy living. People who are […]

We received the following released this weekend, and we would like to share it (we also added photos from today’s action in Phoenix): National Week of Action calling for release of transgender asylum seeker from abusive immigration detention center What: #FreeNicoll National Week of Action When: Monday March 2 through Thursday March 5 Where: Phoenix, […]

Our favorite puppets have a new episode. For more, go to Hey Vato.