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In an interview with El Nuevo Día published this past weekend, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), chairman of Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, reaffirmed his position that neither the current territorial status nor the “enhanced commonwealth” arrangement are viable options for the future of Puerto Rico. Wyden said that the current territorial status was […]

Kudos to the Associated Press’ Russell Contreras for publishing a piece about the U.S. Latino presence at the 1963 March on Washington. Contreras’ superior well-researched piece sheds new angles that few media outlets are discussing. What follows are some of the article’s highlights. You can read the whole article here. Did you know? One member […]

This afternoon Hugo Balta, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), posted the following statement on his public Facebook page in response to accusations from Hector Barajas, a Latino GOP strategist that hE was kicked off an NAHJ Latino vote panel this weekend, because California’s Speaker of the Assembly John A Pérez, a […]

This weekend at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference in Anaheim, things got political and partisan, and many in Latino media are asking why. It all started when Hector Barajas, a Latino GOP strategist with extremely impressive credentials, tweeted the following about John A Pérez, California’s Speaker of the Assembly and a Democrat: @SpeakerPerez […]

Come on. This is actually happening now that Texas senator Ted Cruz has had to address his Canadian past and the fact that he was indeed born in Calgary, but then said he wasn’t a dual citizen and that he was really just a U.S. citizen. Here is what Ted Cruz’s supporters are saying. Take, […]

Here are two stories that got our attention this week. The first one is out of Arkansas, where, according to reports, a local high school “became a canvas for graffiti with racial undertones the night before school started.” “You can’t do that,” said Superintendent Dr. Melvin Bryant. “That’s a no-no.” Pictures have already circulated on […]

Har, har, Ted Cruz. This is what how the Canadian-born Texas senator is dealing with the flak he has gotten about his country of origin. As reported in The Houston Chronicle: “I promise that while y’all are out I’ll try not to give any like really juicy piece of crazy news,” said Cruz. Then he […]

Los Muros Hablan August 19, 2013 – August 25, 2013 Los Muros Hablan, a street-art traveling initiative arrives at NYC’s own El Barrio and the South Bronx. Beginning on August 19, artists from Latin America and the Caribbean arrive to the island of Manhattan to rescue and transform abandoned spaces in and around el Barrio, New York’s iconic […]

Here is what local Arizona television is reporting: Four immigration activists chained themselves to a gated fence outside ICE headquarters in Phoenix Wednesday to spotlight what they call “the inhumane separation of families happening every day.” It was part of a planned “call to action” triggered by leaders from the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, including […]

For those who really want to know that the US Latino population is all about, checking in with Pew Research’s Hispanic Center should be something you do on a consistent basis. Here are just a few of the data nuggets that Pew features:          

So Elisa Chan, the San Antonio City Council member who was slammed for a secret recording that expressed her extreme views on homosexuality, responded this week to the critics, in a statement her office shared with a local San Antonio TV news channel: The comments from the staff meeting on May 21st were and are […]

Ted Cruz. The Canadian gift that never stops giving. In an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley, Cruz addressed the story about how he was technically a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, and how he said that he would renounce any Canadian citizenship. Here are some of the comments Cruz made, according to […]

After The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday that Senator Ted Cruz (R) was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Cruz issued a statement to the Associated Press that POLITICO reported: On Monday, Cruz said he would renounce his Canadian citizenship. “I got my U.S. passport in high school,” he said in a […]

From the YouTube page of NDLON: When Tennessee Rep. Scott Desjarlais announced he would hold a town hall on immigration, Josie decided to attend to seek his support even though it was at a tea party event of more than 200. Since her father was placed in deportation proceedings, she’s been going to therapy to […]

This in from Latin Times: Ana María Jiménez Ortiz, congresswoman for the Mexican political party PAN, cited a scientific study that has caused waves amongst the gay community fighting for equal rights. Her exposition was done during the “Matrimonio Igualitario en Puebla” panel that took place last week in support of marriage equality. “A marriage […]

Today the National Security Archive released documents confirming the CIA’s role in the 1953 Iranian coup, which ousted Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq: Washington, D.C., August 19, 2013 – Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the National Security Archive is today posting recently declassified CIA documents on the United […]

This weekend, we chatted via email with Xavier Luis Burgos, editor of La Respuesta (“The Answer”), a new online magazine dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Yeah, we are supporting this magazine because we believe it is important to support these types of initiatives. Read on. What is La Respuesta? Why now? XLB: La Respuesta […]

This is perhaps one of the most ironic political stories we have ever seen. Here’s scoop: yesterday Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), the guy who thinks undocumented individuals can never ever become US citizens, released his birth certificate, according to The Dallas Morning News: Born in Canada to an American mother, Ted Cruz became an instant […]

Leave it to Phoenix New Times’ Stephen Lemons to get to the bottom of another immigration raid associated with Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Saturday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided 16 locations throughout the Valley associated with Danny’s Family Car Wash and the company’s staffing provider HR Betty. According a statement issued by ICE, members of the […]

Here is one video chronicling the protest against the demolition of a field house at Whittier Elementary school in Chicago. The HuffPost reports: Like a repeat of Meigs Field, construction crews came to Whittier Elementary school on Chicago’s South Side and under the cover of night to start demolition on a beloved field house the school […]

This is crazy. Just crazy. Just listen. We have no words. Now the context from the San Antonio reporter who broke the story today: “So disgusting!” That exclamation escaped the lips of District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan on May 21 in her City Hall office, where she was meeting with members of her staff to […]