Finest writer in all the land, Junot Diaz, won a Pullitzer. Perhaps you’ve heard? Perhaps you’ve been repeating this every night as you rock yourself to sleep? He won it, in part, for writing a book — The Brief...

East L.A. has fucking had it up to here with you telling them where and when to erect light poles. The area, popularly associated with Latinos, wants to become its own city: “We’re a nationally branded area,” said Diana...

Two GOP officials have resigned over some racially problematic comments. Fernando de Baca, chairman of the Republican Party in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, has resigned over several comments he made to BBC regarding what he perceived as Latino voters’...

NYU’s Latino Studies Department is joining with The Center for The Study of Gender and Sexuality to present a conference on Latinos, sexuality and religion. And, yes, that is a picture of Hugo Chavez and Che making out. You’re...

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain both have brand new Spanish-language campaign ads out that are designed to make you either hate their respective opponent or shiver uncontrollably, huddled underneath your star-spangled serape. Because Presidential candidates? Are out...

A grassroots effort to educate the public on teen cough syrup abuse, “Five Moms,” is looking to the Spanish-speaking community to help get the word out about the possible dangers of cough medicine abuse. And not only on how,...

New numbers reveal Latinos in swing states like New Mexico and Colorado are overwhelmingly supporting Barack Obama, despite Latinos apparently feeling super icky about voting for a Black man. How fickle, these Latinos. According to recent polling data, Latino...

The Pew Hispanic Center has come out wit ha survey showing that Latinos, like every other fucking person, are kind of having a tough time in this economic climate. Surprise! Here are some of their super-shocking findings: • 15...

Because, you know, what else is Hispanic Heritage Month for if not to celebrate Latinos who sell things to other Latinos?, People en Español has compiled their list of the “15 Most Influential Latinos” and, surprise!, most of them...

Guys? Here’s some unpleasant news. You’re a selfish parent. Oh, are you not a parent? Shut up. Surveys suggest you eat small portions and avoid snacks, yet reward your child with salty yum-yum’s: Mintel’s exclusive consumer survey reveals that...

So with all the, frankly, embarrassing stunts being pulled by various Latin American and Spanish Olympic teams lately — plus our interest in this post — we found ourselves reading a news story that linked to some pretty cool...

One of the things we love the most about being Latina is being able to claim ties with a vast and varied group of people. Of course, that’s only cool once we kind of gloss over some of the...

A friend brought to our attention what sounds like a fairly interesting documentary about two of the most vilified (a strong word, sure, but we think an apt one) groups in America: Gays and Latinos. (Well. And/or young people.)...

Good news for Latinoids! Evidently, we respond to Donepezil, a medication for Alzheimer’s disease, in much the same way that non-Latinoids do. A 4-week study comprised of 105 self-identified Hispanics who were administered the drug reacted as positively as...

Oh, middle class suburbia! We’ll ignore, for the sake of getting through with this, the fact that this report manages to separate Blacks and Latinos as two mutually-exclusive groups of people, and focus on how a study by the...

With all the questions surrounding whether or not The New Yorker’s “The Obamas as Terrorist Fist-Jabbers” cover is good satire or detrimental to his campaign and public image, we didn’t give much thought to how the cover could actually...

First off, American Teen looks incredibly interesting and we can’t wait to see it. However — and it’s a substantial however — we’ve got to wonder where Latino teens fit into the landscape of the American teenager. Movies about...

Madonna’s little — alleged — tryst with ball-toucher or whatever Alex Rodriguez is surprising only because we tend to forget either of them exist. Because, as it turns out, Madonna actually has quite a history of dating (or having...

Writer Daniel Cubias wrote an essay for The Huffington Post on the way Latinos view therapy. According to Cubias — and his mother — Latinos have historically and culturally favored music and art as a means of therapy, as...

A new study shows that Hispanic high schoolers are shooting up, getting drunk, having sex and offing themselves at a higher rate than their Black or White classmates. Because, again, Hispanics cannot be Black, White or Asian: The study...

When they’re not making fun of Puerto Ricans holding dolla dolla bills, Gawker makes fun of Anglos who, as one commenter put it, “look like they smell of mayonnaise.” Teehee! They recently wrote about Jamie Johnson’s (of Johnson &...

Listen up, Puerto Rico! It’s almost time for you to forget to vote and Barack Obama would really appreciate it if you’d vote for him, kthnx. Oh, what’s that? You don’t wash dishes for a living? No, no, it’s...

Blah, blah, blah. An ignorant “urban youth” called up Gawker and yelled at them for making fun of his Craigslist posting yesterday. A posting in which he was trying to meet women by posting pics of himself flashing twenties....

Was your man’s first time with a couch or a cousin? And what exactly does that say about him? Guanabee Associate Editor Gabriel Caro lets us into the secret world of Latino boys and their burgeoning, sometimes rushed sexuality...

So this comic is pretty ancient by internet standards — it’s from 2005, way back before we had robot sex slaves and flying cars — but it speaks to us even today, as we mournfully swallow this delicious plate...

Gaggle of oxymorons, “Latinos for Obama,” have organized a week to set aside their deep, inborn hatred of black men and campaign for Barack Obama:: Amigos, On the week of April 13th, Latinos across the country are planning low...

So who are you voting for, oh Latino Voter? John McCain? Ralph Nader? El scoff! Who are they, right? You’re only allowed to vote for audacious alleged Muslim Barack Obama or the ovary-having Hillary Clinton. Inspiration or substance? Who’ll...

Guanabee contributing editor Gabriel Caro wonders aloud if where you were born has an effect on how much action you get. Have you ever wondered why some nationalities have more cachet than others? Or, to put it more bluntly,...

In Latin America homosexuals are still considered the unfortunate other. Even progressive homochummy Latinos are sometimes clueless as to how to deal with their gay friends. An issue that sometimes reflects this country’s prevailing attitudes towards Latinos in general....

We’re not sure if it’s because everyone we know and (at one point) loved is creaming their jeans over Obama, but we cannot. Escape. His. Campaign. Maybe it’s because we are Hispanic and female and they have THE FUTURE...

New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene [Ed. note: Keepin’ our minds clean?] is giving out free condoms with fun slogans in English, Spanish and Too Drunk To Remember: The English-language condom wrappers bear the slogan “Get...

First-time Latino voters who 1) voted for Barack in the primaries and 2) were polled by a company called Hispanic Economics, which was hired by the Obama campaign, declared they would not vote at all in the presidential election...

Experts might think Hillary Clinton’s got the Latino vote in the bag, but that doesn’t mean she’s not willing to pull out all the stops to make sure you, Easily Impressionable Latino Voter, support her. We’re not sure, after...

Reports indicate that anti-Latino hate groups have doubled in the past seven years. We’ve made it, people: Growth estimates for groups with explicitly racial hate messages, due for release this year, are expected to be close to 50 percent,...

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton fired her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, who, as you may have cleverly deduced from the name tucked safely away between two, White-Or-Perhaps-Ethnically-Ambiguous-Monikers, is Latina. And she replaced her with someone who is Black. And Not...

The Whites may become a minority in the U.S. by 2050, when they will make up an estimated 47% of the population. Yet 99.6% of Arbor Mist consumers: The U.S. population will grow to 438 million in 2050 from...

At a time when our country is divided between Latinos — with their big, loud family dinners; tacky, poorly-parked cars; large, frightening, throbbing members and forked tongues that spill forth mysterious languages — and People Who Aren’t Latinos, only...

Remember how the last video we featured about Obama was focused on getting the elusive “Latino dishwasher, line cook and housewife vote?” Well, now you do. Anyway, this new video shows Obama flitting back and forth between a Southern...

So by now you’re probably well aware of all this hugger-mugger over whether or not Latino voters are willing to vote for a Black candidate. As you may recall, we were a little skeptical as to the veracity of...

Latinos are real and down and fresh and, apparently, pretty good at buying burger franchises, if Burger King’s latest “Real People, Real Success” marketing campaign is any indication: The campaign consists of a series of real-life testimonials of Hispanic,...

Latino families tend to, apparently, take month-long trips during the holiday season, causing their children to miss out on school. Um, how come our family never followed this supposed trend?: Martha Padilla-Ramos and Jose Barrera fondly remember the long...

A sales consultancy firm found that, when it comes to buying cars, many prospective Latino buyers just want to feel secure. Is that so wrong? Well, maybe if it’s in a Scion XB: Strategic Vision found that Latinos look...

A nation-wide study reveals that Black and Latino patients are less likely than their White, non-Latino counterparts to receive strong pain medications in emergency rooms: The study examined treatments for more than 150,000 pain-related visits to U.S. hospitals between...

Finally, someone has come forth to say what no one else has dared to: Latinos are, like, on TV and stuff. That someone is Eliot Tiegel, author of Latinization of America. And who, exactly, is Latinizing this fair region?...

The Latino Vs. Hispanic debate has raged on in America for a few decades now. It seems Latinos (or Hispanics!) have never quite been able to agree on what they should be called. Which makes it tough for a...

While perusing a Jezebel post about drag kings, we came across a comment that caught our eye: BY EMARTINEZ.ROMERO AT 10:40 AM @jessicarabbit: Absolutely. I love this little story: If you want to dance with/around hispanic people, pretend that...

A study conducted in Tennessee shows more Latino drivers are stopped by the state’s highway patrol than any other group: The study was ordered by the state Legislature in 2005 to find out whether race and ethnicity play a...

According to a recent poll by the Pew Hispanic Center, many Latinos feel that all the discussion and debate surrounding immigration, and the stigma attached to Latinos as a result, are having a negative impact on their lives: About...

According to a poll (but not a Pole because, seriously, come on) sponsored by New American Media, minorities mistrust and stereotype one another: The poll found that friction between ethnic and racial groups, which at times has erupted into...

Latino immigrants in the United Sates are making more than ever before even despite a lagging economy according to a new survey. And, what’s more, looks like they’re not taking anyone’s “rightful” job while doing it: Foreign-born immigrants in...