#LatinoRebels10: From 2011, the Push to End EMBORÍCUATE at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade

This story in 2011 put us on the digital map pretty early.

  • May 5, 2021
  • 8:10 PM

Boricuas Fill Fifth Avenue to Celebrate 60th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade

“This is my culture, this is who we are. I’m proud.”

  • Jun 12, 2017
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National Puerto Rican Day Parade Board Responds (Again) to Oscar López Rivera Controversy

On Monday, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade’s board of directors issued a statement in response to the news that Goya Foods and other organizations were not participating in the 2017 parade on June 11. After that statement was published, news broke on Tuesday that JetBlue, the New York Yankees, AT&T and Coca-Cola had also all agreed to […]

  • May 23, 2017
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Board of National Puerto Rican Day Parade Responds to Oscar López Rivera Controversy

“The Parade will continue to serve as educational platform, as it works alongside the community in a productive and positive manner.”

  • May 22, 2017
  • 11:12 AM

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade and Oscar López Rivera (PODCAST)

Latino Rebels Radio: May 21, 2017

  • May 21, 2017
  • 11:10 PM

NYPD Hispanic Society Is Latest Group to Pull Out of National Puerto Rican Day Parade

“This year’s views and values of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade committee do not conform with the society’s mission of promoting peace and unity.”

  • May 18, 2017
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Goya Foods Stops Sponsorship of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade

“Goya Foods has decided to end its contribution and participation in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.”

  • May 15, 2017
  • 11:42 AM

A New Petition Is Calling for the June 11 Puerto Rican Day Parade to Radically Change Its Mission

We, the undersigned, call on the Board of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade to convert this year’s parade into a march for justice in solidarity with the Puerto Rican people.

  • May 4, 2017
  • 9:02 AM

Daily News Editorial Apologizes for Puerto Rican Day Parade Photo Controversy

This afternoon an editorial by The New York Daily News has addressed the recent controversy surrounding a photo published last Monday that inaccurately depicted paradegoers at last Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. The photo had sparked protests and rebukes from supporters of the parade. Here is an excerpt of what the Daily News editorial said: […]

  • Jun 20, 2015
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Groups to Protest Puerto Rican Parade Honorees in New York

Ahead of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York on Sunday, members of the Puerto Rico Not For Sale campaign are set to protest on Friday outside National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc.’s scholarship gala at Gotham Hall in Midtown Manhattan.

  • Jun 9, 2023
  • 11:53 AM

On American Citizenship Day, Puerto Ricans Still Denied Federal Disability Benefits

In Puerto Rico, March 2 marks the anniversary of when, in 1917, the U.S. Congress granted U.S. citizenship to anyone born in the islands. But for some Puerto Ricans, American Citizenship Day is a grim reminder of their unequal citizenship rights.

  • Mar 2, 2023
  • 1:03 PM

La Brega: The Puerto Rican Experience in Eight Songs

SUBSCRIBE HERE La Brega art by Fernando Norat WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios present a second season of the critically-acclaimed, pioneering dual-language podcast, La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience. The eight-episode, dual-language podcast series is reported and recorded in English and Spanish. The second season of La Brega is made possible by the Mellon Foundation. […]

  • Jan 26, 2023
  • 11:07 AM

Illinois Senators Are Latest Co-Sponsors of Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act

While movement this week from the House Committee on Natural Resources is likely focusing on a consensus Puerto Rico Status Act for a hearing before the August recess that could get the draft bill past committee and onto the House floor, Illinois’ two Senators have added their name to a growing list of upper chamber co-sponsors of a current self-determination bill that contains no consensus provisions with the island-colony’s statehood proponents.

  • Jun 10, 2022
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How a National Costume Speaks to Shifting Resistance in Puerto Rico (OPINION)

On Thursday, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez presented her national costume, a garment directly connecting to Colón Ramírez’s identity and pride as a Black Puerto Rican woman.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 9:55 AM

What Will It Take for Soccer to Become a Major Sport in Puerto Rico?

“And that is part of why fútbol is not growing,” Edwin Jusino told Latino Rebels. “It’s because the people who run the Federation, the people who run the clubs, the people who run the leagues, they’re afraid of losing their privileges.”

  • Aug 24, 2021
  • 1:48 PM

OPINION: A Lamento Borincano in the Shooting Death of a Puerto Rican Couple

It is painful when you see two of your own lying shot execution-style on the floor, the Puerto Rican flag fluttering in the background as a terrible requiem to the American Dream.

  • Jun 25, 2021
  • 5:45 PM

‘Heroes of Another Flag’ or How Nationalist Propaganda Villainizes Puerto Ricans for Serving in US Armed Forces (OPINION)

As for heroes, they may not be Hernández’s heroes, but they are exactly that to their relatives, friends, and the people in their communities. And they are Puerto Rico.

  • Feb 22, 2021
  • 12:58 PM

Pedro Pierluisi Elected as Puerto Rico’s Next Governor

It is the first time that both of Puerto Rico’s major parties received less than 40% of the vote.

  • Nov 9, 2020
  • 10:34 AM

Puerto Ricans in the US Live in Counties With the Highest Possibility of COVID-19 Infection and Death

The trend is strongest in the state of New York. Urban poverty and social vulnerability factors increase the possibility of becoming infected or dying from the virus in places where most Puerto Ricans live.

  • Jun 26, 2020
  • 2:30 PM

Los puertorriqueños en EE UU viven en condados con más posibilidad de contagios y muertes por COVID-19

El patrón se observa de manera más fuerte en el estado de Nueva York. La pobreza urbana y factores de vulnerabilidad social hacen que la posibilidad de infectarse o morir a causa del virus aumente en los lugares donde viven más boricuas.

  • Jun 25, 2020
  • 10:31 AM

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