A gathering of thousands filled the
streets of Mexico City on Wednesday to protest the disappearance of 43
students in the state of Guerrero last month.
The first time I met animator Jorge Gutierrez, director of the dazzling new animated musical film
The Book of Life, he made me laugh. I interviewed him at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 about his new animated series on Nickelodeon,
El Tigre.
Movie critic, corporate governance analyst
In the border state of Tamaulipas,
birthplace of the Gulf Cartel - the country's oldest criminal
organization - gun battles and roadblocks flare up with terrifying
regularity.
Author, 'In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico'
Two recent massacres committed by government
officials indicate that the country may be headed towards a rerun of the
"dirty wars" of the 1970s, in which the government hunted down and
killed or jailed thousands of activists.
Professor, UNAM-Mexico City; Editor-in-Chief, Mexican Law Review; Columnist, Proceso and La Jornada
Migrant rights defenders throughout
Mexico recently commemorated the fourth anniversary of the massacre,
which resulted in the death of 72 migrants in transit, including 13
women, en route to the United States from six countries.
Director, National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU of Georgia; President, National Lawyers Guild
It is imperative that we stop jailing
mothers and children systematically in so-called family detention
centers, where they face continued fear and uncertainty instead of
safety and succor. It shouldn't be this way.
Director of the Center for Forced Migration Studies, Northwestern University; Public Voices Faculty Fellow, Op-Ed Project
Although in the Unites States death is a
sad moment when people grieve and mourn the loss of a loved one; for
Mexicans, death is not the end of the road, yet an intermediate phase in
the cycle of life.
Writer, Auto and Travel Contributor
The challenge for regional democracies
will be to meet the rising economic and political expectations of their
people within a framework of slowing economies, reduced growth, and
growing global competition. The political implications are potentially
large.
Vice President, Council of the Americas
Adelita San Vicente Tello speaking at local celebration of Mexico's
first National Holiday of Native and Creole Seeds. Photo courtesy of
Adelita San ...
Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
On September 14, 2014 tropical storm
Odile barreled into the Baja peninsula leaving a path of unprecedented
destruction wreaking havoc on hotels, homes, bridges.
Freelance journalist and author
Here's my chat with award-winning pornographer turned advocate Buck Angel.
Journalist and consultant on LGBT issues. @eTorreMolina
While the U.S. economy is seeing
significant growth, economies in neighboring countries, Canada and
Mexico, are doing also well. In Canada, rising exports and consumer
spending have translated into better growth.
Chief Executive Officer, World Trade Center of New Orleans
Looking above at recent temperature
anomalies, much of the U.S. is experiencing well above normal warmer
temperatures; the eastern Pacific warm spot continues to prevent much
rain from reaching California, sending it into further drought.
Here are five things to consider as we
discuss this latest insertion of US military personnel, money, and
weaponry into, potentially, another Mideast quagmire -- this one being
pitched as the "good" or "justified" Iraq War.
Forbes Education Columnist; Author, 'How to Talk American'; Director, 'Crotty's Kids'; Co-founder, 'Monk Magazine'
Millions of Mexicans know Ramón López
Velarde as the author of Suave Patría, the national poem of Mexico and a
modernist masterpiece, but few inside or outside Mexico know about the
extraordinarily high opinion of López Velarde held by his fellow greats
of Latin American poetry.
author of A History of the U. S. in 20 Movies: An All-Movie History Course
Who is Dayani Cristal?, is an
intimate examination of the journey of one migrant who perished in the
Arizona desert, far from his native Honduras, with no real
identification but a name tattooed over his heart
Narrative Design for Social Change
Missing Mexican Students Not In First Mass Grave 
If You're Headed To Mexico, You're Doing Things Right 
Fear and Fair Cannot Coexist... 
Do Minimum Wage Increases Benefit the Middle Class? 
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