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Here is what The White House released this afternoon: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                                                   October 24, 2013 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM   East Room 10:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Please have a seat, everybody.  Good morning, and welcome to the White House.  […]

We received this from the National Immigration Youth Alliance today: Administration plays hard-ball with #Dream30 NATIONAL—More denials are expected for the Dream 30, as the Obama Administration tries to put an end to their quest to come home. Two Dreamers who were part of the #Dream30 in Laredo, Texas will have court on Thursday morning at 9AM. They […]

Come on, people. As reported by The Hill: “CNBC reporter Steve Liesman on Tuesday asked for Mexican music to be played when he and his colleagues talked about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).” Watch. This just needs to stop. Don’t you all know that Cruz is Canadian? But seriously, Cruz is of Cuban descent. And yes, […]

Originally published by Luis Marentes at blogs.mass.edu “A los mojados les dedico mi canción”, Los Tigres del Norte On Sunday, October 20 Mexico’s La Jornada ran several stories on the US Latin@ experience. Among them was one focusing on migration songs. The piece focuses mainly on Mexican corridos, a genre which, as Américo Paredes and María Herrera-Sobek have shown in their groundbreaking works, […]

Happy Wednesday, or as we like to say around Latino Rebels HQ: ¡Happy #GuayaberaGüensday! Pitched to us by Original Rebelde Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria, Guayabera Güensday is a stylish cultural twist on the average American nod to the middle day of the workweek. Guayabera Güensday encourages everyone to get over the weekly hump in style by rocking […]

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Have we finally arrived at a neat formula to understand the U.S. Latino American? Looking over Nielsen’s newest study on the Latino Communities of the Tri-State Region, not really. In fact, the new report provides cold-hard data to support what we already know, quoting another Latino Rebels contributor: “The idea of a more unified Latino voice […]

We received the following release from Librotraficante: Houston, TX (October 21, 2013) – The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is set to approve course requirements for the Foundation Graduation plan as well as what can be included for Arts and Humanities for Texas schools 9th–12th grade. This will shape Advanced Courses as well as […]

Today legend Celia Cruz would have been 88 years old. Born October 21, 1925 in Havana, Cruz was and always will be “The Queen of Salsa.” Cruz is no longer with us, since she died in 2003, but her legacy is forever. Google made sure that the world remembered her today with one very cool […]

Recently there has been discussion as to whether or not descendants of Puerto Ricans living in the mainland should be allowed to participate in any future federally-sponsored plebiscite to determine the island’s political future. Even within Latino Rebels, we disagree on this topic. Some of us believe that that those Puerto Ricans living outside the […]

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Received from the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) today: NIYA Urges Hispanic Caucus to Stand against Fast-Track Deportations  NATIONAL—The Department of Homeland Security is applying an unusually high standard in the credible f ear interviews of the #Dream30 participants at the apparent urging of DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Asylum officers typically conduct a screening interview to determine whether an individual has a “credible fear” […]

Yes, we know that rivalries are fun and it’s sports, so taking this post seriously might be a mistake, but nonetheless there is something to be said about how classless the social media profiles of the U.S. Men’s Soccer team was last night after the Americans defeated Panama, 3-2, ensuring Mexico a chance to still […]

[View the story “Pink Bloc Uses \”Glitter-Vandalism\” in #LGBT Parade” on Storify] *** Cristiano M. Lima (@ludacristiano on Twitter) is a Brazilian-American journalist based out of Bethlehem, PA. He is a recent graduate of Lehigh University where he studied Political Science. He currently writes for 69 News and Prevention Magazine. He’s also been a contributor […]

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This whole story started when The Oatmeal published a piece over the weekend basically letting everyone know that Christopher Columbus wasn’t the most humane guy in history (not a surprise), and that more attention should be paid to Bartolomé de las Casas, who according to the piece, was “considered to be one of the first […]