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Did the Beatles lift a song from an east LA Chicano band, Cannibal and the Headhunters? You be the judge.

Tweet When Shea Stadium Was Invaded By Cannibal And The Headhunters When The Beatles played Shea Stadium August 15th, 1965, most people don’t realize there were quite a few opening acts, specifically, Killer Joe Piro and His Discothèque Dancers, Motown star Brenda Holloway, King Curtis and Sounds Incorporated. These groups all got some face time […]

OFFICER REPEATEDLY SPRAYED MACE IN WOMAN’S (Marlene Tapia) VAGINA AS PUNISHMENT

Tweet NEW MEXICO — A New Mexico woman suffered for weeks with painful urination and swollen, burning genitals after an officer repeatedly sprayed mace in her vagina to “punish” her, according to an ACLU lawsuit. “It’s tantamount to torture,” Peter Simonson, the Executive Director of ACLU of New Mexico said in an interview. Marlene Tapia […]

Family says five Oklahoma police beat father to death after asking for ID

Tweet Three Oklahoma police officers were placed on administrative leave Saturday after a man whose ID they requested arrived dead and disfigured at a nearby hospital. The Moore, Oklahoma officers detained Luis Rodriguez after he tried to chase after his wife following a fight she had with their daughter outside a movie theater. His wife, […]

LULAC Celebrates 85 years of service

Tweet LULAC has accomplished a tremendous amount since our founding on February 17, 1929, yet we know that the Latino community still faces many challenges. Celebrate our birthday today by joining LULAC!  https://lulac.org/contribute/

Education Fund Launched in Memory of Advocate Hector Galvan

Tweet LOS ANGELES, California – February 12, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – On February 1, 2014 the Hispanic business and marketing community lost an advocate as Hector Galvan from Sprint passed away. “We at the Chicano Radio Network extend our deepest condolences to Hector’s friends and family. We were always honored to help him with […]

Ted Cruz isn’t planning to be in the Senate for very long

Tweet BY CHRIS CILLIZZA (WP) February 14 at 9:00 am On Wednesday, Ted Cruz did something you almost never see in the Senate: He purposefully made political life harder for his Republican colleagues. US Republican Senator from Texas Ted Cruz walks off the Senate floor after a vote on a debt ceiling increase in the […]

Award-winning TV Journalist Sues Jenni Rivera Estate for “Unbreakable” Book Royalties

Tweet By Bel Hernandez of LatinHeat.com – Jenni Rivera Enterprise Response to allegations in Laura Lucio’s lawsuit below. Award-winning TV journalist Laura Lucio, and a close friend of the late Jenni Rivera, has filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against Jenni Rivera Enterprises, Inc.; Estate of Jenni Rivera; Executor Rosie Rivera Flores; ex-Manager Pete Salgado; […]

Arizona Democrat Bill Would Automatically Restore Voting Rights to Felons

Tweet By Matthew Hendley Wed., Feb. 12 2014 at 6:00 AM – phoenixnewtimes.com U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines Tuesday by calling on states to repeal laws that keep felons from voting after they’ve finished their sentences. One Arizona Democrat already introduced a related proposal several weeks ago, but it hasn’t seen any action at […]

HBO Orders “The Brink” With Esai Morales TV Series

Tweet The word came down yesterday, HBO has given a series order to the dark comedy The Brink, which means Esai Morales will be the the next Latino President of the United States (his pal Jimmy Smits held that office first on TV). The pilot script was written by Roberto Benabib and Kim Benabib, directed […]

Florida County Eliminates Minority-Heavy Polling Places

Tweet Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett (R) On a party-line vote, a Florida county’s Republican majority Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to eliminate almost one-third of Manatee County’s voting sites. The board accepted a proposal by Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett (R) by a 6-1 vote to trim the number of precincts, […]