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East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, who this week became known on the Internet as the "Taco Mayor" for comments he made in the wake of four town police officers getting arrested by the FBI for racial profiling, taped an interview yesterday with Hartford's WFSB station where said that he will be a "better leader.' The […]

Is the US Latino community going to educate the rest of the nation that Florida Senator Marco Rubio does NOT represent the views of Latino voters? The Miami Herald reported that the NO SOMOS RUBIOS campaign protested Rubio's appearance today in Miami. Here is an excerpt:   In the lead-up to Rubio's speech, critics from […]

GUEST POST BY RAUL RAMOS Y SANCHEZ OF RAULRAMOS.COM Do not underestimate Newt Gingrich. He is a cunning political strategist who understands the demographic death spiral facing the Republican party — and he clearly has a plan. Gingrich knows the Republican candidate in the November election will fail without support from U.S. minorities. Yet the GOP base will not nominate […]

This "Sh*t" parodies never end. Here we go again with "Sh*t White Girls Say to Latinas."

Looks like the Facebook campaign to deliver tacos to East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo worked out, as 500 tacos arrived today at Maturo's office today. According to local Connecticut outlets, the tacos arrived around 1:30 PM EST but Maturo was not there. Instead his office issued the following statement: "The Town of East Haven has […]

On Monday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights expressing "grave concern" over  the Arizona Revised Statute §§ 15-112 that subsequently banned the TUSD MAS program. In the letter the Congressional Hispanic Caucus urged the Office for Civil Rights to investigate due to "the language […]

Yes, this story is now national, but as with any story, it is always good to check in on the local angle. Courant.com offers some good videos about the coverage of East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo's "taco" comments. Too bad Courant.com doesn't have an embed option on their page, since we would be more than […]

We have seen a lot of stories go viral online, but it is safe to say that the 24-hour news cycle regarding East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo and his "taco" comments first reported by WPIX-TV is moving at blinding speed. Case in point: now there is a Facebook campaign to deliver Maturo tacos tomorrow afternoon […]

Yes, we know East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo issued an apology for his "taco" remarks that he gave to a WPIX-TV reporter last night when discussing his efforts to reach out to the Latino community in light of four police officers being arrested for racial profiling. And yes, by now, you have probably seen WPIX's […]

Talk about quick. Less than 24 hours after WPIX TV caught him with a “taco” comment as a way to improve his city’s relations with Latino community amid news that four of his officers were arrested for racial profiling, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo has apologized for his comments, the New Haven Register today. “My […]

The Connecticut Post just published a statement from Governor Dannell Malloy about a WPIX-TV11 video that has East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo saying he "might have tacos" to repair Latino relations in his city in the wake of East Haven police officers getting arrested for racial profiling of Latinos. "The comments by East Haven Mayor […]

Last night, New York’s WPIX TV broadcast a report about how four East Haven, CT police officers were arrested for racial profiling Latino residents. After WPIX’s Mario Diaz presented an overview of the arrests, he had a chance to ask East Haven Mayor Joe Maturo questions about how the diversity of the city’s police force […]

“Todo el tiempo andamos mezclando de español a ingles and that’s how we talk, that’s how we think and that’s the music we write.”-Gustavo Mojica     San Diego-based band, Los Hollywood, have had an exciting life since winning the MySpace Latino Battle of the Bands competition in 2008. Playing at the Latin Alternative Music […]

Seems that nothing is sacred any more. COLORLINES posted a piece today about how some readers of The Charlotte Observer would rather spew anti-Latino hate than celebrate the birth of a child. Here is what COLORLINES had to say:   Here’s what happened. A photo of new mom Lucero Arias, 19, and baby Tommy, was […]

They are one of the fastest-growing voting groups in Florida, and while GOP candidates make their mandatory visit to Café Versailles in Little Havana, they might also consider stopping in Orlando since the Latino vote in the Sunshine State is no longer dominated by Cuban Americans. The Puerto Rican population in Florida is on the […]

FROM THE DOMINICAN AMERICAN NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE Washington, DC (January 4, 2012).– For the first time, thousands of like-minded Dominicans and Dominican Americans, their families, friends and supporters from the U.S. Latino diverse communities will join DANR, the National Dominican American Council, hundreds of local organizations and leaders on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for […]

The Libro Traficantes are going to Arizona, and you can help them! Support them as they smuggle the books banned by Tucson Unified School District back to the AZ. For more information and to become a Libro Traficante, click here.

Rob, the CBS comedy that was promoted by MALDEF for its Latino actors, earned the network a solid Thursday night and made it the best-rated show since SURVIVOR in its time slot. As reported by TV.Broadway.com:   On Thursday, CBS was first in households (8.7/13), viewers (14.45m), adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (3.5/09). CBS […]

Today in LA at 2PM PST, New York City's Bonafide Rojas will be performing here: The Lounge at REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd Street. We love Bonafide, not only is he a great poet, author and musician, he is also a great soul. We had the chance to interview him a few months ago. Here it […]

The power of community and social media occurs when different ideas from different people come together to fight for a cause that is matters to them. With all the controversy surrounding Tucson Unified School District's banning of certain book as it eliminates its Mexican Studies program, a new blog is asking for people to submit […]

The "Sh*t People Say" videos continue and these DREAMERS are using it to educate. This video was picked up by VotoLatino last night and shared on their Facebook.