» Theatre And The Church Of Ashley Smiley
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A tragicomic morality tale told by Smiley — who writes like an angel in urban gear — about the latest wave of gentrification in San Francisco.
» Big Data: Kate Attwell’s Modern Masterclass In Live Theatre
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Big Data, which San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) commissioned for its 59th season, helps restore hope in American theater by masterfully deployin...
» Confronting Zika is A Job for Everyone
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By Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, EVP and Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Inc. The word “Zika” has burst into the national consciousness as a serious emerging threat to public health. The Zika virus is typically transmitted by the bite of a mosquit...
» President Obama Commutes the Sentences of Another 102 Prisoners
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Total 774. Today, President Obama commuted the sentences of another 102 federal inmates. Many of the sentences shortened are those involved in nonviolent drug offenses. So far, President Obama has commuted the sentences of 774 people. Ov...
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» Puerto Rico's Symbolic Power
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Given Puerto Rico's heightened media visibility, no doubt the world now has its eyes on how the United States will respond to the needs of the island, one of the last colonies in the world.
» Citizens United? Latinos, Blacks, Wage Earners and All of Us
05/11/14 21:04 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
Beware the thinking that the midterms draw a lower voter turnout and that recently won seats will be up for grabs come 2016. For those remotely left of center, whatever that means anymore, who think that this day after the election was a...
» First Black Female Gov: Christensen Wins Crowded Virgin Islands Primary
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There may have been storms on election day, but for Delegate Donna Christensen the sun was shining. She and her running mate, Basil Ottley, beat out a crowded six candidate field to win the Democratic primary for Governor of the Virgin ...
» This Is the Letter President Obama Wrote to Congress Today About Unaccompanied Minors at Border
30/06/14 12:04 from Latino Rebels
This morning the White House released the following letter from President Obama: Letter from the President: Efforts to Address the Humanitarian Situation in the Rio Grande Valley Areas of…
» Boston Sports Radio Suddenly Covers Soccer and It Still Doesn’t Know Why
30/06/14 10:18 from Latino Rebels
In a summer where the Red Sox are tanking and the Patriots have yet to start training camp, Boston’s sports radio channels (98.5 The Sports Hub and WEEI) have naturally turned to the 2014 World Cup to fill in programming hours. Nat...
» Latino Rebels Radio: Why Immigrant Children Are at Our Door
30/06/14 08:19 from Latino Rebels
Last night, we spent 90 minutes trying to get to the roots behind the current migrant “crisis” at the US-Mexico border. Here is our episode with immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken, Bob Quasius from Cafe Con Leche Rep...
» Stephen Colbert Addresses Migrant Children Conspiracy Theories (VIDEO)
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» Fútbol Withdrawal? Slate Just Posted All the Goals From the Opening Stage of 2014 World Cup
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Yeah, we know, there is no fútbol today. The Round of 16 starts tomorrow. Here is what Slate has decided to do. Gracias.
» México: Terreno fértil para la homofobia
27/06/14 11:03 from Latino Rebels
EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to the controversy surrounding chants by Mexican soccer fans, we received the following opinion essay in Spanish by Luis Gomez Romero, a native of Mexico. Luis now lives Australia, where he teac...
» What the Border Security Industrial Complex Reveals: A Review of Border Patrol Nation
26/06/14 18:12 from Latino Rebels
“After 9/11, the word ‘homeland’ took the country by surprise,” writes Todd Miller in the pages of his new book Border Patrol Nation. Furthermore, the notion of an American “homeland” materialized into our public psyche at just the exact...
» Hispandering 101: A @ThisIsFusion Video with @AliciaMenendez, @mhmwriter & Our Jefe @julito77
26/06/14 11:44 from Latino Rebels
Last night, Alicia Menendez of Fusion hosted a conversation about “Hispandering” and politicians. Joining Alicia were Michelle H. Mulligan @mhmwriter of Cosmo for Latinas and our very own Julito @julito77. Here is the first s...
» Huppenthal Repudiates His Blog Posts, Cries at Press Conference… But He Won’t Resign
25/06/14 23:30 from Latino Rebels
This happened today in Arizona. John Huppenthal “repudiated” his anonymous blog posts but he won’t resign as Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. No flipping way. Huppenthal needs to resign right now fo...
» Harvest of Empire: A Must-Watch Film
25/06/14 14:01 from Latino Rebels
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» Full List: President Obama Grants Commutations and Pardons of 21 People
19/12/13 15:04 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
In October 2004, the justice reform organization Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) wrote, “in a record that may surprise many political observers, the Obama administration’s pardon attorney, Ronald Rodgers, has teed up the...
» Nelson Mandela, Freedom Fighter
06/12/13 16:51 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
It was my turn on the copy desk at the San Juan Star newspaper to write the front-page headline when Mandela was elected president of South Africa. Headline writing is not very glamorous work, yet I felt honored.
» Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court Gains New Rival: Governor Garcia Padilla
17/06/13 11:39 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Puerto Rico’s ruling party, the Popular Democratic Party, lost little time in delivering a first strike against the opposition party dominated Supreme Court when it enacted Act 18 of 2013, aimed at limiting the Puerto Rico’s ...
» Puerto Rico Resorts to Taxes and Gambling to Avert Budget Crisis
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As Puerto Rico’s fiscal year comes to a close, Governor Garcia’s Padilla’s party (Popular Democratic Party, or PPD in Spanish) is facing close to an $800 million dollar deficit and no easy way to close it. The current crisis is due to th...
» Latinas Consistently Targets for Sterilization in U.S., Study Finds
31/05/13 11:16 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Latinas in the U.S. have been disproportionately targeted for sterilizations in mental health and health institutions over time, according to new research by University of Michigan Professor Alexandra Minna and graduate student Natalie L...
» Puerto Rico’s Religious Right Promises to Keep Fighting
27/05/13 13:08 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
As Puerto Rico slowly inches towards parity with other progressive states in LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) rights, the Island’s religious right is not going silently into the night. Last week, the Puerto Rico ...
» Puerto Rico Takes Important Steps Towards LGBTI Rights
21/05/13 09:15 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Earlier last week, the Puerto Rico Senate approved, following an intense (and at times, hopeful on one hand, and depressing on the other) debate on S.B. 238, a bill that would outlaw employment discrimination based on sexual orientation....
» Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts Contamination
15/05/13 18:26 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
The island of Vieques in Puerto Rico recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of a struggle that ended 60 years of U.S. Navy test bombing there. Yet the legacy of Navy devastation is sobering, and Viequenses remain dispossessed of the...
» Pedro Pierluisi to Push for a Yes/No Statehood Vote for Puerto Rico
15/05/13 09:18 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner (ie. our non-voting congressman) Pedro Pierluisi proposed a bill in Congress to grant Puerto Rico the type of vote the Senate rarely gives itself: a straight Yes/No vote on Statehood. Readers wil...
» Richwine Dissertation Last Straw for Florida Hispanic Outreach Director
14/05/13 14:10 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Consider this real fallout from the Heritage Foundation – Jason Richwine scandal. Yesterday a Florida Hispanic Outreach Director, Pablo Pantoja, announced that he had switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat becau...
» Puerto Rico’s Law Schools Come Under Fire
01/05/13 08:07 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
Earlier this week, Matt Leichter of The AmLaw Daily published a scathing report on the (seemingly) shocking low employment rate for law graduates from the four Puerto Rico law schools. In the article, Leichter stated: “For the firs...
» President Obama moves on Puerto Rico status (or so we think)
19/04/13 18:26 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
As the budget battle looms in the Senate, a small line in President Obama’s budget gave Puerto Rico a reason to celebrate, just as it should give a reason to be cautious. Following the November 2012 plebiscite, in which 54% of the ...
» Puerto Rico’s 100 Days: Pension Reform, Public Pessimism and Sotomayor
08/04/13 10:20 from Politic365 » Search Results » puerto rico
he first 100 days can be the more challenging of any leadership position, a fact Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has come to realize on his first 100 days. When Gov. Garcia-Padilla took office, he swore off the “bitter medi...
» Puerto Rico Divided on Statehood, Majority Demands Decolonization
13/01/13 06:12 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
The first part consisted of a Yes/No question, which contained the current status of U.S. territory: Do you agree to maintain the current political territorial status? Here "No" won by nearly 54 percent. The opening line of President Oba...
» Paean to the Jersey Shore
02/01/13 06:12 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
"I never saw my home town until I stayed away too long," says a line from the Tom Waits song called "San Diego Serenade." But to my mind, he's plaintively singing about New Jersey. I spent every summer vacation of my childhood at "The Sh...
» Republican Primary Poses Challenge to Puerto Rico as 51st State
22/05/12 06:12 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
Even had Rick Santorum clipped his s's in perfect Caribbean Spanish, the message would still have burst the bubble of statehood leaders in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of nearly four million U.S. citizens gearing up for a status plebisc...
» Wisconsin and Puerto Rico: Disturbing Convergences
25/05/11 19:40 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
News of gutting collective bargaining rights through parliamentary maneuvers by Republican state senators in Wisconsin has been greeted with a sense of dé-jà vu in Puerto Rico. News of gutting collective bargaining rights through parliam...
» Massive Turnout Against Police Occupation of University of Puerto Rico
25/05/11 19:30 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
Student protests at University of Puerto Rico have broadly mobilized the public against the police occupation of the campus with about 15,000 marching along the main thoroughfares around the urban campus Saturday. Student protests at Uni...
» Violence Against Student Strike in Puerto Rico Escalates With Police Brutality and Rubber Bullets
25/05/11 19:30 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
More than 150 students practicing civil disobedience have been arrested in Puerto Rico and riot police on Thursday escalated violent repression of a university strike with brutal arrests and rubber bullets. More than 150 students practic...
» More Violence in Puerto Rico as University Student Fee is Imposed
25/05/11 19:25 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
The imposition of student fees appears imminent at University of Puerto Rico despite violent clashes of striking students with riot police last week. The final date to pay the fee is this Wednesday. The imposition of student fees appears...
» Police Attack Striking Students in Puerto Rico
25/05/11 19:20 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
Day 6 of student strikes at University of Puerto Rico turned violent after police occupied main Río Piedras campus last week, in this U.S. Territory of four million U.S. citizens. Dec. 20, 2010, San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Day 6 of student ...
» Puerto Rico Student Strike Intensifies, Public Education and Civil Rights at Stake
25/05/11 19:20 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
Whether or not this current conflict and student protests in Puerto Rico have the potential to destabilize the Fortuño administration depends in part on a broader context of economic well being. Coincident with massive, at times explosiv...
» GOP Ploy to Curry Latino Favor Via Puerto Rican Statehood Is Misguided
25/05/11 18:05 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
The recent GOP intelligentsia strategy to curry favor for Latino votes via support for Puerto Rican Statehood while opposing immigration reform is misguided, misinformed, and probably disingenuous. The recent GOP intelligentsia strategy ...
» University of Puerto Rico Student Strike Victory Unleashes Brutal Civil Rights Backlash
25/05/11 18:00 from Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
As so many Americans gear up for Fourth of July fireworks this weekend, the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico roils from a brutal civil rights showdown unleashed by a far-right wing government. As so many Americans gear up for Fourth of July...