May 2013
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400,000 (Mostly Brown) People Stopped And Frisked...
The stop-and-frisk policy allows the NYPD to conduct random pat-downs of those they deem suspicious.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Stop-and-frisk is whack. That was the essence of a 27-page briefing that the New York Civil Liberties Union released on Wednesday.
The New York Police Department’s controversial tactic allows cops on the street to pat down those they deem suspicious at random, with...
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Jose Canseco Tweets of the Week
By ALEX ALVAREZ
Former MLB outfielder, current economic wiz, future vampire, and dog vomit connoisseur Jose Canseco is very, very, very good at the internet. As such, we’ve decided to celebrate his wit and insight with a recurring look at his best tweets, this and every week. Please enjoy.
Guys. We need to talk.
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I’m shelving this week’s Jose Canseco tweet roundup...
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Jose Antonio Vargas Announces New Film
Jose Antonio Vargas listens as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies in front of congress.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Today, one of immigration reform’s most prominent activists Jose Antonio Vargas, released a trailer for an upcoming film about how his undocumented status has kept him from seeing his family in the Philippines for nearly 20 years.
The film, entitled...
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Poverty Is Moving to the Suburbs
Suburbs once embodied America’s economic boom following WWII, but they now house the fastest growing portion of the nation’s poor.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
For many in the 1950’s, the American Dream meant moving to the suburbs and escaping urban bustle.
However, moving to the suburbs today might not mean the same thing, according to a new study released on Monday by the...
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In Honor of Biggie's Birthday: The 5 Best...
R.I.P. Biggie Smalls. It would’ve been his 41st birthday (!!!) today.
By ROMINA PUGA
Nobody can do it like Biggie; that slow, low, rolling flow he did so well. Where would he be today? Would he have collaborated with Lil Wayne? Probably. Would he use YOLO in his lyrics, hopefully not. Would Puff Daddy still be rapping? Ah, there’s a question for the gods.
Anyway, here are the best...
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How Are Some Republicans Trying to Slow Down...
Watch here:
By JORDAN FABIAN and INGRID ROJAS
When you have 300 amendments to consider, sometimes frustration can set in.
During a markup session this afternoon, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) poked a little fun at Republican senators who have introduced a mountain of amendments to the bill.
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Planning a Summer Trip? Use Your Smartphone to Do...
Many Latinos will use their smartphones to plan road trips this summer.
By EMILY DERUY
Latinos are especially fond of their mobile devices. In fact, they are more likely to use that device to do everything from shop to read the news online.
And now they’re also turning to their smartphones at a time when many people are trying to disconnect — to plan summer vacations....
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Behind the Scenes of our Jesse Eisenberg Interview
Jesse Eisenberg isn’t very nice.
By ROMINA PUGA
So, I was just humiliated by Jesse Eisenberg. You know, the actor who played Mark Zuckerberg in the Social Network.
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The interview started by me asking Jesse to say my name into the camera — my usual shtick for my “Say My Name” web series. This is how it went: Jesse: They’re not going to think it’s me...
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Tumblr of the Week: 'Twitter: The Comic'
By SYLVIA CIPRA
Each week we feature a Tumblr that we think stands out for all the right reasons. Whether it has original content or a great mission, we hope to introduce you to the best that Tumblr has to offer. Feel free to submit/recommend your favorite blogs to sylvia.cipra@abc.com
This week, brace yourselves for “Twitter: The Comic,” a blog that creates “comics based on...
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Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About the...
Children of immigrants are more likely to have graduated from college than the general population.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Is one or both of your parents an immigrant to the U.S.? Then you’re one of 20 million second generation U.S.-born Americans.
That means, statistically speaking, that you make more money and are more educated than your parents were at your age, you lean left...
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Jose Canseco Tweets of the Week
By ALEX ALVAREZ
Former MLB outfielder, current economic wiz, future vampire, and dog vomit connoisseur Jose Canseco is very, very, very good at the internet. As such, we’ve decided to celebrate his wit and insight with a recurring look at his best tweets, this and every week. Please enjoy.
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This week, Jose was taken aback by news of The View host Barbara Walters’ imminent...
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Everything You Need to Know to Apply for Financial...
There are both federal and private loan options, as well as scholarships and work-study programs.
By EMILY DERUY
So you want to go to go college but have no idea how to pay for it. You’ve heard there are a million options when it comes to financial aid, but every time you try to research them you get overwhelmed and your eyes glaze over.
How about a chart, with pictures? [[MORE]]
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National Politics Can Inspire Hate Crimes, Expert...
Check out our breakdown of FBI Hate Crime data for immigrant groups, spanning from 1996 to 2011.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Can national politics inspire hate crimes? Mark Potok, who studies hate crime data as a Senior Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, says yes.
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Hate crimes against Muslims peaked dramatically in 2001, with the large bulk of the crimes taking place in the...
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What It's Like to Grow Up American and...
Undocumented immigrants often work during high school and college to help their families financially.
By EMILY DERUY
There are millions of kids growing up undocumented in the United States, but who are they?
A new infographic based on Americans by Heart: Undocumented Latino Students and the Promise of Higher Education by Dr. William Perez provides some indication. [[MORE]]
Most...
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What Happens If You Take Viagra as a Party Drug?
Dr. Juan Rivera says if you’ve got a problem down there, you might have a problem up here.
By ROMINA PUGA
Do you ever Google your flu symptoms? Do you use WebMD to find out if you’ve contracted an STD from that crazy Cancun weekend? Are you someone who wonders if pulling out nose hairs could lead to death?
Well wonder no more my good people, I’m here to ask our in-house...
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Fusion Digital Team: The Best Advice My Mother...
My mom Susana at age 29 posing for the camera with a little attitude.
By CONZ PRETI
In case you hadn’t notices, today is Mother’s Day. Pick up the phone and call your mom, send her a Hallmark card and maybe a bouquet of her favorite flowers if you’re feeling fancy.
We decided to honor our mothers’ best advice ever on this special day. Below are photos of our mothers...
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What To Wear This Weekend: Colorful Shorts
Do you have your pool party colored shorts ready?
By ROMINA PUGA
We give you affordable suggestions for your Friday after-work shopping indulgence.
This week: colorful shorts![[MORE]]
I know what you’re thinking… you haven’t worn colored shorts since your Limited Too days.
Well, you’re wrong. Colorful shorts are the greatest thing to happen to summer since the pool...
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Jose Canseco Tweets of the Week
By ALEX ALVAREZ
Former MLB outfielder, current economic wiz, future vampire, and dog vomit connoisseur Jose Canseco is very, very, very good at the internet. As such, we’ve decided to celebrate his wit and insight with a recurring look at his best tweets, this and every week. Please enjoy.
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Oh boy. Jose really brought the smack talk this week, calling out Shaquille O’Neal as...
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Tumblr of the Week: Dog Shaming
Team work at its best…
By SYLVIA CIPRA
Each week we feature a Tumblr page that we think stands out for all the right reasons. Feel free to submit/recommend your favorite blogs! Email me at sylvia.cipra[at]abc[dot]com
This week, get to know the naughty dogs of the blog, “Dog Shaming.” The page boasts a collection of puppy mugshots that are much cuter than your average...
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When Millennials Attack
By ALEX ALVAREZ
Yo, fellow metasextuals, peep the BUMPIN’ new coolio kickflippin’ onto our Twitter streams for srs. Why, it’s TIME magazine dot com, here with a cover story about #us![[MORE]]
TIME knew exactly what they were doing by calling a bunch of narcissistic social media addicts a bunch of narcissistic social media addicts. The best way to get people to share and...
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The REAL Me Me Me Generation
The original just didn’t do us millennials justice.
By: Fusion Heads
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This came out today:
And we disagree with it. Like, not with the whole “lazy,” “entitled” part. And not really with the “living with our parents” part either. More with the depiction of the lazy entitled millennial they chose for the cover.
That girl does not look like...
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Interactive: Gun Violence Has Declined
Gun violence has decreased in recent years.
By EMILY DERUY
The Obama administration’s attempt to pass stricter gun laws following a series of fatal shootings has stalled after intense opposition from some Republicans and the powerful National Rifle Association. And while there have been a rash of recent shooting sprees - from the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado to the Sandy Hook...
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Why This 'Dumb Hispanics' Study Is Dumb
This is Jason Richwine, who argued in his Harvard dissertation that Latino immigrants have lower IQs than whites.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Hispanic immigrants are dumb and their children will probably be dumb too. That’s the essence of the misguided 166-page Harvard dissertation published by Jason Richwine, who now works as a senior policy analyst for the conservative think tank, the...
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Technology Is Taking Over Our Lives. No, Really.
By EMILY DERUY
What if you could draw a picture of the perfect pair of jeans and then have them magically appear in front of you?
Well , it’s actually not magic. It’s our new reality thanks to 3D printers, which can create objects based on computer-generated images with increasing ease. [[MORE]]
Then there’s the Nest, a thermostat that will learn your habits and adjust...
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These 6 Little Dogs Are Fixing Big Problems...
You can find Lentil hanging out on Facebook.
By ALEX ALVAREZ
To quote Don Draper, “I love puppies.” Dogs are fantastic, marvelous creatures. They literally save lives. They offer comfort and respite. They love us, even if we don’t deserve it. They make funny noises. They have warm bellies. THEY’RE THE BEST!*
*Source: This.
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Dogs are also very busy saving the...
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From Alaska to Argentina in 500 days. The Modern...
Alex Chacon chills out in Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. (Photo: Alex Chacon)
By MANUEL RUEDA
Alex Chacon made a 500-day motorbike trip from northern Alaska to the southernmost tip of Argentina. Alex was traveling solo, but he managed to film much of the trip by placing small go-pro cameras on his helmet, and on the side of his bike. With this, he...
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Introducing the Fusion Logo
Our logo is cooler than yours.
By FUSION HEADS
We took a lot of time to model our new logo after our favorite hairdo: the quiff. Our staff is so diverse that it took months to come up with common principles and ideas for the brand. The quiff was something we all agreed on. Who doesn’t love a good quiff?
But anyways… Ladies, gentleman, and internet cats, it’s a pleasure to...
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Prom Advice From Toby Love
Bachata singer Toby Love is our honorary “love expert” for this installment of “Toby Love Gives Some Prom Advice”.
By ROMINA PUGA
Are you going to prom? Are you nervous, anxious, scared, freaking out, thinking about not even going because you’re so stressed out over the event?[[MORE]]
Well quit being a baby! Toby Love - bachata singer who used to sing backup for...
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Moms and Babies Everywhere Deserve a Chance at...
By EMILY DERUY
Mother’s Day is this Sunday but too many moms around the world continue to give birth to babies that never make it past their first month of life.
A new report from Save the Children, the State of the World’s Mothers, outlines some of the reasons. [[MORE]]
You can read our full roundup here, but they range from poverty to gender discrimination. There is no one...
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A Long List of Celebs (Think Rosario Dawson, Junot...
Some of the art that appears on the Migration Is Beautiful site.
By EMILY DERUY
Artists from across the country are banding together to call on President Obama and Congress to pass “just and humane” immigration reform.
From comedian Margaret Cho to writer Junot Díaz, more than 100 artists signed a letter on Tuesday in support of reform: [[MORE]]
“As members of the...
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The Best Quotes From RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 5:...
By ALEX ALVAREZ
We have a winner! Check her out after the jump, along with the finest pearls of wisdom (and most nonsensical bull#$%&) from this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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This season’s winner is…
Jinkx Monsoon!
Woo, etc! Congrats, Jinkx. This was well-deserved, and it was high time the show crowned a funny girl.
Of course, we learned a lot over...
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Most People Don't Use the Internet (Infographic)
Internet use is growing, but most people still don’t go online.
By EMILY DERUY
Nearly two and a half billion people use the internet, most of them on a daily basis. That might sound like a lot of people but it’s just more than a third of the Earth’s population.
That means that right now, most people don’t actually go online. [[MORE]]
While nearly 80 percent of...
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Bill Richardson Says Ted Cruz 'Shouldn't Be...
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
Have you ever been told you were a “fake Latino” or “not Latino enough”?
Well, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson brought that middle-school accusation to Washington today when he resolved the fact that he and Sen. Ted Cruz don’t see eye-to-eye on immigration by kicking Cruz out of his Latino club.
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“He’s...
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Jose Canseco Tweets of the Week
By ALEX ALVAREZ
Former MLB outfielder, current economic wiz, future vampire, and dog vomit connoisseur Jose Canseco is very, very, very good at the internet. As such, we’ve decided to celebrate his wit and insight with a recurring look at his best tweets, this and every week. Please enjoy.
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Jose shared his support for the Washington Wizards’ Jason Collins, who came out this...
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How To Find the Perfect Tequila
Everything you need to know about tequila for Cinco de Mayo, even if it’s a gringo holiday.
By EMILY DERUY
Want to find the perfect tequila for Cinco de Mayo? Who cares if the holiday is an American invention, it’s just another day to drink for us.
We’re here to help.
Just like the French and their champagne, Mexico is very serious when it comes to what constitutes...
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Tumblr of the Week: T-Rex Trying
T-Rex trying to do a trust fall…
By SYLVIA CIPRA
Each week we feature a Tumblr page that we think stands out for all the right reasons. Whether it tackles identity issues or it just pours out funny posts, we hope to expose you to the best content Tumblr has to offer. Feel free to submit/recommend your favorite blogs! Email me at sylvia.cipra[at]abc[dot]com
This week, you must get to...
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Read It: Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most...
By ALEX ALVAREZ
There’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the discussion surrounding the racist Mountain Dew commercial Pepsi Co. pulled. Evidently, the PTB at Pepsi Co believe racism and perplexing allusions to sexual violence perpetuated by a goat are a good way to market soda to dudes age 18-34.[[MORE]]
Dr. Boyce Watkins — an author, analyst, economist, Scholar in Residence...
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The Benefits of Being Bilingual (Video)
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
It was once thought that learning a second language too early could inhibit a child’s acquisition of a primary language. However, new research suggests that our brains actually are strengthened by speaking more than one language.
Inspired by wave of YouTube explainer videos over the past couple of years like the Draw My Life series, ASAP Science and RSA...
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Los Angeles Times Drops 'Illegal Immigrant' and...
The Los Angeles Times will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.”
By EMILY DERUY
The Los Angeles Times will no longer use the terms “illegal immigrant” or “undocumented immigrant,” the paper announced Wednesday. While the Times has generally avoided such terms for some time, the new guidelines make the policy official. [[MORE]]
The paper will instead...
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Internet Usage In Latin America Looks Pretty Bleak...
By EMILY DERUY
Less than half the people in Latin America use the internet. While two-thirds of Argentinians go online, just slightly more than one-third of Mexicans do the same. [[MORE]]
Those numbers might sound surprisingly low, and they are when you look at some of the most plugged-in countries. But it’s also worth considering this: Internet penetration in the United States is only...
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Hospitals Ship Unconscious Immigrants to Home...
By EMILY DERUY
Livin’ La Vida Coma!
The Associated Press recently reported that American hospitals sometimes send undocumented immigrants to rehabilitation centers in their home countries while they are unconscious.
Yes, you read that right.
And now comedian Stephen Colbert has weighed in on the issue. [[MORE]]
That’s one way to “take the bull by the huevos!” he...
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Cesar Chavez Was Once a Vocal Opponent of Illegal...
By TED HESSON
Cesar Chavez was a standout champion for the rights of Mexican American workers. He was also staunchly opposed to illegal immigration.
[Hear him talk about it in the video above]
People who favor less immigration have latched on to this as proof that unions shouldn’t support rights for undocumented immigrants. But Chavez’s story is more complex than that.[[MORE]]
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April 2013
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Why PETA Latino Doesn’t Make Sense
This (seemingly-one legged) former Panamanian beauty queen is posing nakie to get U.S. Latinos to eat less meat.
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
How do you tell a Latino animal from a non-Latino animal? That was my first question when I heard that last week, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched a site called PETA Latino in English. The “guau-guau” vs. the “bow-wow,” the...
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Undocumented Immigrants In This State Will Get...
Undocumented students who attend Colorado State University will be allowed to pay in-state tuition.
By EMILY DERUY
Undocumented students who graduate from Colorado high schools will now be able to pay in-state tuition at public colleges in the state.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) will sign the bill Monday afternoon. ( To find out whether you qualify, go here. )[[MORE]]
In-state...
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Here's What Could Happen If DREAMers Lose DACA
By TED HESSON
Nearly half a million young undocumented people have applied for a program that grants them the ability to live and work in the U.S. legally.
However, a court challenge to that program, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), appears to be gaining traction.[[MORE]]
What will happen to DREAMers who are participating in the program if it’s blocked by a court...
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WATCH: Jordan Fabian Says Immigration Reform...
By FUSION
Our very own Political Editor, Jordan Fabian, appeared on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on Sunday, where he talked about whether the passage of immigration reform would lead to an electoral boon for Democrats.
Check out his appearance here: [[MORE]]
And read his previous coverage on this topic here and here.
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In Debt? It Might be How You Spend Your Money
Pay off credit card bills each month to avoid debt.
By EMILY DERUY
The sluggish economy and slow decline in unemployment have left some Americans struggling to make ends meet. While people have cut spending on extra expenses like television, some families are still mired in significant credit card debt. [[MORE]]
One reason is that expenditures on necessary items have increased. Even as...
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What To Wear This Weekend
Do you have your summer maxi yet?
By ROMINA PUGA
We give you affordable suggestions for your Friday after-work shopping indulgement.
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It’s Spring, but we’re already feeling like summer….a time for shorts, tank-tops, and lots of shaving. But some days maybe you don’t want to shave. And that’s O-K. That’s why God invented the maxi dress. It hides...
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Download a Free Song from Los Amigos Invisibles
Repeat after me: Ca-ra-cas. Ve-ne-zue-la.
By NURIA NET
Our Los Angeles contributor Pili Montilla had the lucky task of going arepa eating with the boys from Los Amigos Invisibles yesterday (for more of that, click here.)
Are you catching them live in Southern California this week? If so (or if you’re missing out) listen to and download their song “Robot Love” here....
