Chicago youth have led the nation in writing the new rules of rebellion. Since 2006, local undocumented youth have fueled the national struggle for comprehensive…
We’re enlisting the fine folk from the Remezcla network to fill the concrete void that Banksy’s stolen kite-flying immigrant family has left. We present Fill…
How fine is the “interactive satire” line? Tech company Owlchemy Labs is launching iPhone app “Smuggle Truck: Immigration Operation,” featuring immigrant cartoons and pick-up trucks. Um……
Join the SB 1070 Arizona struggle by protesting in New York, LA, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, and at the heart of it all, Arizona. …
We’re all a little PO’ed about Arizona’s new immigration law, aka legalized racial profiling. This May Day, take it to the streets and march against the passage…
Do you really think George Lopez is the only funny Latino out there? The only answer is “NO WAY, JOSÉ!” Take the Salsation troupe, for…
Aterciopelados is performing at Viva on behalf of Amnesty International and we got a chance to chat with Andrea about her activism.
We gushed about the Sundance award-winning film Sin Nombre a few months ago, and now the film is finally playing in Chicago at Landmark Century…
Cary Fukanaga’s debut is a beautifully shot, but unromanticized look at immigration, gang violence, and poverty in Central America.
Whether Barack Obama or John McCain is inaugurated next year, the future leader will take over a dire situation. Specifically, a country where 6.1 percent…
Immigration is the rocket science of our day. No one quite gets what anything means in the complicated “path toward legalization” unless of course, you…
By now, we’ve probably all seen Barack Obama’s mariachi video or noticed John McCain’s photo ops with Mexican president Felipe Calderón.
But, of course, we…
Last night on prime time TV I saw this commercial for the first time, apparently it’s only one in a series of conversations between different…
A lot of Latin American countries are considered “paradise:” gorgeous beaches, exquisite cuisines, kind people, cheap clothes, sporting events that become passionate social phenomena, historical…
It’s almost impossible not to like La Misma Luna, the heartstring-plucking story of Carlitos, a clever little Mexican boy who crosses the border alone to…