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LULAC, LCLAA and the Hispanic Federation invite you to Alabama for the Re-Enactment of 1965 Selma to Montgomery March & Rally LULAC delegation to Alabama

Tweet The League of United Latin American Citizens, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and the Hispanic Federation call for all councils, members, and allies to attend and support our fellow brothers and sisters on the Selma to Montgomery March and Rally in Alabama on March 4th- 9th, 2012. The LULAC National Office and […]

The Kansas Compact finally gets introduced by Rep. Louis Ruiz with Tequila Party Movement Support

Tweet Finally! The KANSAS COMPACT efforts by non-partisan and Latina-led political movement is penetrating the Heart of America in Kansas! The Tequila Party has headquarters in Arizona (immigration ground zero) and we are fighting Tea Party extremism. The KANSAS COMPACT and the COMPACT WITH AMERICA needs support from all sides of the political spectrum and […]

TIME Magazine Cover Asserts Latinos Will Decide The Next President

Tweet TIME Magazine is making a bold claim: The Latino vote will decide the 2012 elections. Their cover story, written by Michael Sherer, argues that the Latino vote has grown in certain parts of the country that may determine our President in 2012. Sherer says that new voters in the Southwest are largely Latino, and […]

Arizona Immigration Law: Day Labor Rules Blocked By Judge

Tweet PHOENIX — A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in […]

X-Change Corp/Old West Management Looks to Close First Put Deal with Major Music Distributors Including Universal Music and Sony Music

Tweet LOS ANGELES, (BUSINESS WIRE) — X-Change Corporation, An emerging hip-hop entertainment conglomerate, is pleased to announce that negotiations are currently underway with a number of major distributors to have a put deal to distribute their music label’s albums. Old West Entertainment, which is headed by iconic West Coast hip-hop legend, Kid Frost, is planning […]

Immigration: Russell Pearce Loses Recall Election (CBPN)

Tweet Conservative Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce lost a recall election Tuesday evening, with Republican challenger Jerry Lewis taking 54 percent of the votes. The recall drive in Maricopa County serves to some degree as a referendum on Peace’s aggressive stance on immigration. As a state senator for the last 10 years, Pearce has pushed […]

The Chicano Radio Network BLOG is back with higher security after it was attacked

Tweet For the last few months the Our BLOG has been hacked repeatedly. Now that we have a high level of security we can now continue to bring you the news that effects all Latino community’s in areas that are underrepresented in other news mediums. We are sorry for the down time but will post […]

Rare Tape of a Radio Show on the Evolution of Chicano Rock Music Found After 40 Years

Tweet   by Joe Ortiz The tape contains music and interviews with Chicano rock pioneers TIERRA, YAQUI, Mark Guerrero and Chicano rock music producer, Art Brambila, which aired 40 years ago on KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, CA. Memories, precious memories! Joe Ortiz, 1st Mexican American to host a talk show on an English-language, commercial radio […]

The Arizona Effort to Ban La Raza-Chicano Studies in Schools

Tweet by Joe Ortiz Hey Kids! Check out this article on Huffington Post concerning an interview with Dr. Rudy Acuna concerning the truncated effort by ‘politicos’ to disband Chicano Studies in schools. Those who are pursuing this effort use the old “Unpatriotic ” and “Not Educationally Relevant to Success” charges to substantiate their claims; however, […]

CRNLive is delighted to have Stevie D as one of our new writers!

Tweet Steve will welcome any topics you feel are important for discussion on our Blog. Steve has been on radio in Arizona, and Oregon. He served on a Tucson station as a political adviser. He served in the military for the official paper, where his topics ranged from environment, government just to name a few. […]