Mexico
Selling Frida Kahlo: Commodifying an artist in Mexico City and the world
October 18, 2019There’s much more to the commodification of Frida Kahlo than some kind of apolitical girl power sensationalism.
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All honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
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Militarization of police brings rise in sexual violence in Mexico
August 30, 2019Some 2,000 demonstrators, mostly young women, marched through the Zona Rosa area of Mexico City Aug. 16 to protest a recent string of sexual attacks by the police.
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War on humanity: Inside the refugee camps of Ciudad Juárez, Part Two
August 6, 2019Regardless of the Trump administration and its vicious migration deterrents, each family here wanted nothing more than a shot at the American Dream, shattered though it may be.
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War on humanity: Inside the refugee camps of Ciudad Juárez
August 2, 2019"As the dust kicked up by our big trucks settled, we began to see the faces of small children and their parents peering out the broken windows."
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