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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Week Long Boycott for Sean Bell

17:31 H — Maegan la Mala

Today marks the start of a week long national boycott called by various activist and community organizations to protest the Sean Bell police killing and subsequent verdicts. From the email announcement of the boycott: As many of you may know,... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Justice

Juan Luis Guerra Announces La Travesia U.S. Tour

15:29 H — Maegan la Mala

Wanna see Juan Luis Guerra en vivo ,in his first major/national tour of the U.S. in over a decade? Well get out your datebooks and pencil in the dates for his just announced summer tour, La Travesia,that are listed after... Read more »

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Puerto Rico Gov. To Take Enhanced Commonwealth Argument to U.N

13:31 H — Maegan la Mala

I'm with Latino Pundit. I just don't get how Puerto Rican Governor Anibal Acevedo can claim that "an enhanced Commonwealth" = a more sovereign Puerto Rico. And yet that is exactly what he will argue when he appears before the... Read more »

Topics: Politics - Puerto Rico

Chile Closes Victor Jara Case

11:31 H — Jennifer

In a shocking move, a Chilean judge has closed the investigation into the death of iconic activist singer Victor Jara, tortured gunned down in 1973 by the dictatorship:With just one person tried, judge Juan Eduardo Fuentes Belmar closed the investigation... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Chile - Controversia - Justice - Latin America

Mala's Shopping Bag : A Little Poco Bit of Latino Cuteness

10:45 H — Maegan la Mala

White hipsters don't have the edge on edgy baby clothes anymore. Enter Little Poco, started by a Nuyorican mami who was expecting twins and looking for something beyond the usual to dress her babies in. Roachele Negron, the mama beyond... Read more »

Topics: Entrepreneurs - Shopping

Those Left Behind : Postville , Iowa

07:30 H — Maegan la Mala

This is the face of what is left behind after the huge ICE raid in Postville, Iowa exactly one week ago today. Half of the school system's 600 students were absent Tuesday, including 90 percent of Hispanic children, because their... Read more »

Topics: Children - Family - Immigration - Iowa - Justice