First International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
First International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
The First International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival acknowledges the founding presence & contributions of Puerto Ricans, as Latin@s, in Spanish (East) Harlem. It seeks to educate our audience on the richness […]
Lowering Clean Air Standards Puts Latinos At Risk
By Mildred Real, Voces Verdes Advisory Board member and CEO of America Verde Voces Verdes is outraged at President Obama’s announcement this morning asking the Environmental Protection Agency to drop […]
Places Not To Drive With A Confederate Texas License Plate
By Cindy Casares The Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans recently petitioned the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a license plate featuring the Confederate flag. An April vote by […]
Rep. Gutierrez Now Backing Obama’s Immigration Policy
[Editor’s Note: the following is a press release from U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez’s office] Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced plans for a September 10 Community Forum on Immigration […]
Would A Latino James Bond Alter Stereotypical Perceptions?
By Dustin Mendus The idea of an African-American 007 has been tossed around in the past few years, if my memory serves. “Bond 23,” the next installment in the long-running […]
Blocking AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Keeps Young Latinos Online
By Amalia Deloney, Center for Media Justice For many of us, the days before search engines, social networking and constant wireless access to information and entertainment seem like a lifetime […]
Ruben Salazar: His Life And Work Remembered
The painting in the picture depicts the moment that Los Angeles journalist Ruben Salazar was killed 41 years ago. For many years the cause of Salazar’s death was a matter of controversy and […]
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Immigration Law
It’s happened again. Another state level immigration law has been blocked by a federal judge, this time in Alabama. News Taco reported on this law and on the fact that among all of the state level […]
Spanish Media Is On The Rise In The U.S., For Now
This has been a good year for Hispanic media – and by that I mean Spanish language media in general, which industry and academia insists on calling “Hispanic.” Univisión, the leader of […]
Will Perry Make The Same Mistakes As McCain With Latinos?
By Melissa del Bosque On the night of Rick Perry’s presidential announcement, two of Perry’s top advisers called Fort Worth Republican political consultant Juan Hernandez to ask for his support and advice. […]
