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, […]
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/
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Tweet Actor and filmmaker Edward James Olmos will be recognized for his work against human trafficking, his support for immigration reform and his fast with Cesar Chavez to call attention to farm worker safety. The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) will present the “Stand and Deliver” actor with the Lupe Ontiveros Indomitable Spirit Award at […]
Tweet Aloni Bonilla uploaded one of the close to 82,000 YouTube videos with headlines that promise to show “police brutality caught on tape.” “220lb. OFFICER BEATS UP WOMAN INSIDE A HOSPITAL,” reads the headline for the 20-minute video Bonilla uploaded on March 9, 2013. But Bonilla’s YouTube video is different from most of the videos […]
