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Paco Pena Astonishes With Aplomb While The Afro Cuban All Stars Sizzle

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Massey Hall, Flamenco Dance, Flamenco, Spanish Guitar, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Afro-Cuban Music, Paco Pena, Latino, Latin America, US-Cuba Relations, Latin Dance, Cuban-Americans, Dance, Havana, Performance, Entertainment News
Marissa Bronfman

I cannot recall the last time I experienced such an incredibly ebullient performance of such vitality and vigor, such precision and beauty, as Paco Pena's A Compas (Primal Pulse).

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An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part II

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: New Orleans, Inner-City Neighborhoods, Five Points, Poverty, Latino, Drugs, Black, Highland, Denver, African American Culture, Gentrification, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

After gentrification the problems populating inner-city neighborhoods like Five Points aren't solved. They just relocate.

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GOP: This Is Your Future Calling (and Sorry, It's Brown)

Frank Sharry | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressman Gutierrez, Michael Gerson, Ben Smith, Gop, America's Voice, Luis Gutierrez, Mel Martinez, Latino, www.gop.com, Politico, Senator Mel Martinez, Immigrant, Republican Party, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Republican politicians have been guilty of using immigrants as a wedge issue for so long that they are in real danger of sacrificing their future with Latino, minority, and swing voters.

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CNN's Lou Dobbs to Black People: "I don't want your excuses ... quit whining."

Adam Luna | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Cnn, Racism, America's Voice, Soledad O'Brien, John King, Latino, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Latino in America, Lou Dobbs, Anderson Cooper, Dobbs, Wolf Blitzer, African-American, Home News
Adam Luna

I was at the Washington screening of the new CNN series, “Latino in America” last night and was, well, not too happy when I left the build...

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Are Hispanics Just Plain Dumb? Many of Us Think So

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Weakest Link, Game Shows, Latino, Freakonomics, Economics, Hispanic, Racism, Discrimination, Post-Race, Intellectualism, Prejudice, Salk Vaccine, Bigotry, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

White people will go out of their way to avoid looking like they're picking on black people. But when it comes to, say, Hispanics, all bets are off.

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Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Burris, Empathy, A Tale of Two Cities, Al Franken, Reform, Dickens, Sarah Palin, Second 100 Days, Muslim, Latino, Sotomayor, Health Care, Analog Television, Birthers, Age of Foolishness, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Sanford, Democrats, Barack Obama, Transparency, Rahm Emanuel, First Hundred Days, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Credit Card, Souter, Healthcare, Senate, Polls, Mark Sanford, Cap and Trade, Gates, President Obama, Cia, Speech, Second Hundred Days, Jeff Sessions, David Souter, Flu, Obama, Democratic, Iraq, Media, Scotus, Republican, Bush, Pelosi, Television, Iran, Gay Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Baucus, Russia, Beer Summit, Arlen Specter, Credit Card Reform, House, Specter, Photo Op, Msm, Beer, Franken, Worst of Times, Charles Dickens, Roland Burris, Gay, Mainstream Media, Waterloo, Best of Times, First 100 Days, Torture Photos, Chris Weigant, Palin, Cairo, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

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Sotomayor: More 'Splainin' to Do

Allison Silver | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Latino, Tom Coburn, Some Splainin to Do, Desi Arnaz, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Allison Silver

The blogosphere erupted after Sen. Coburn (R-Okla.), while grilling Sotomayor, joked, "You'll have lots of 'splainin' to do." Coburn was repeating a line used regularly by Desi Arnaz in "I Love Lucy."

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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Latino, US Senate, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, White, John Roberts, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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The NYPD's Hispanic Politics

Len Levitt | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Hispanic, Apollo Theater, Latino, Al Sharpton, Rudy Guiliani, Nypd, New York News
Len Levitt

Is it a coincidence that the Hispanic Society's president, Jeff Stella, has a plush job in the Intelligence Division, or that the Society's first vice president Daniel Coats has a coveted spot on Kelly's security detail?

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Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Heart Program, Girls, Public Schools, Politics, Latino, Homeboy Industries, Crime, Kamala Lopez, Violence, Los Angeles, Social Programs, Hispanics, Barrio, Gangs, Latina, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.

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Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Tiller, Gop, Air America, Murder, Donnie Baker, Mike Papantonio, Right Wing, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Barack Obama, Immigrant, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Hate Talk, Latino, David Neiwert, Joshua Cartwright, Republicans, Ring of Fire, Media News
Mike Papantonio

About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

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Obama makes Multi-Racial Americans more Accepted

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nisei Generation, Hawaii, Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama, Purple Heart Batallion, Asian, Ethnicity, The Audacity of Hope, Multiracial, Multicultural, American, Kimono, Melting Pot, Race, Chuppah, Oy Veh, African-American, Bar Mitzvah, Shikseh, University High School, Japanese-Jew, Latino, Karma, Hwaii, Punahoe High School, 442nd Infantry, The Golden Gate Bridge, Woddy Allen, Knish, Hispanic American, Japanese-American, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...

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Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Nisei Generation, Second World War, Bar Mitzvah, The Audacity of Hope, Woody Allen, Multicultural, Kimono, Culture, Russian- Jewish, Neurotic, Shikseh Princess, Latino, Democratic Convention, The Purple Heart Batallion, Internment Camps, Asian, Multiracial, Melting Pot, Oy Veh, Barack Obama, Jewish Soul, Nisht Geferlech, Martin Luther King, University High School, Inclusion, Japanese Jew, Interfaith, Identity, Punahoe High School, Buddhism, 442nd Infantry, Japanese-Jewish Woman, Knish, Japanese-Hawaiian, Chuppah, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

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Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Kkk, Ronald Reagan, David Gregory, Jeff Sessions, Boy, Scotus, Better, Republican, Reagan, Marion Three, Ku Klux Klan, Latino, Sexism, Gross Insensitivity, Racism, Sotomayor, Confirmation, Naacp, Communist, Reverse Racism, Judiciary Committee, Tancredo, Charles Pickering, Racist, Voting Rights, Alabama, Pickering, Tom Tancredo, Un-American, Meet the Press, Chris Weigant, Sonia Sotomayor, Republicans, Nominee, Aclu, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination: Obama Gives the Nation Another Teaching Moment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Latina, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Obama and Judge Sotomayor, Kkk, La Raza, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mike Allen, " Immigration, The Minutemen, Judge Sotomayor, Lou Dobbs, G. Gordon Liddy, Newt Gingrich, Glen Beck, Jonathan Martin, Clarence Thomas, Tom Tancredo, Dolores Huerta, Cnn, "Racism, Latino, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Mark Krikorian, Latino Vote, David Duke, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.

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A Supreme Sotomayor: How My Country Has Caught Up to Me

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Latino, Latino Voters, Sonia Sotomayer, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomaylatinoor, Sonia Sotomayor, Latina, Politics News
Maria Hinojosa

What President Obama has done for men of color, Sonia Sotomayor will do for Puerto Rican women. She will forever and profoundly change the image of what a "Puerto Rican girl" really is.

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Young and Running for Office: A Story from East L.A.

David D. Burstein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emanuel Pleitez, Elections, Politics, Latino, Hilda Solis, Youth Vote, Youth, Civic Engagement, David Burstein, Facebook, Ethnic-Politics, News, Barack Obama, Los Angeles-California, Politics News
David D. Burstein

Embodying the millennial spirit of pragmatic idealism, Pleitez is running a campaign predicated on listening and engaging people at the grassroots level.

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Education Crisis in Los Angeles Illuminates Racial and Economic Divide

Emily Henry | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Lay-Offs, Latino, Dorsey High School, Lausd, Teachers, Budget Cuts, Los Angeles, African Americans, Crenshaw-High-School, California, Politics News
Emily Henry

Teachers, parents, and students are preparing for a strike on May 15th, hoping to urge the LAUSD to spend its almost $1 billion of federal stimulus money and save jobs now.

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Political Tourists and Out-of-State Obama Activists in Indiana

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Indiana Early Voting, Indiana Ohio, Obama Volunteers, Indiana Ground Report, Midwest Obama, Indiana Obama, Swing State Midwest, Indiana, Door to Door, Two Party, Chicago, White, Mccain, Obama, Kirstin Sears, Schrimpff's, One Party, Winnie Godfrey, Senator, 2008, Latino, Get Out the Vote, Ohio, Black, Universal Health Care, Gotv, Wardell Goodman, Illinois, Mikhail Heaven. Kenneth Paton, Canvass, HR 676, Texas, Mito Kakijama, Biden, Election, New York, Japan, Spring Street, Mccain-Palin, U.S. Political Tourists, David Waters, Independents, Undecideds, Louisville, Early Voting, Will Wooten, Paula Neff, Galveston, Jill Herren, Brent, Jeffersonville, Jamaica, Home News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Red and blue state Obama supporters are putting their weight on the see-saw state of Indiana, crossing state lines to help. Political tourists from ot...

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Smells Like Republican Schadenfreude

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, John McCain, Actors, Election Fraud, Latino Voters, Latino, Breaking Politics News, Obama, Voting With the Stars, Las Vegas, Hispanic, Democrat, Barack Obama, Republican, Independent, Voter Fraud, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.

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Massive Latino Voter Registration Drive Launched

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voters, Latino, Campaign, Hispanic Voters, Election, Demographics, Hispanic, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday, aiming...

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Fender Bender or Hit-and-Run Slur?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Hispanic, Cars, Latino, Slurs, Living News
Daniel Cubias

I've been dealing with car problems as of late. In short, my decade-old deathtrap is finally headed for the scrap heap. What was the final blow? What ...

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A Matter of Self-Preservation

Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Hispanic, Latino, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Daniel Cubias

The consequences are clear: You either get behind attempts to combat global warming, or you start trolling the personal ads for a mate with a solid amount of melanin.

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TV Ad Wars: Global O v. Latin Mac

William Bradley | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Latino, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Media, Nuclear, Iraq, John McCain, Media News
William Bradley

McCain has a problematic new ad for Latino voters. It won't work -- and he was already far behind where Team McCain thought he'd be with Latinos a few months ago.

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Obama Supporters Woo 18,000 New Citizens In L.A.

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Citizenship USA, Colorado, Barack Obama, California, Nevada, Naturalization, New Mexico, Bill Foote, Latino, New Citizen, David Shippers, Home News
Ryan Rivera

McCain's California supporters swear the Golden State is in play, yet skipped an opportunity to register 18,000 new citizens at the L.A. Convention Center. Obama's minions, of course, were out in force.

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