Last month's horrific massacre of
student human rights activists in Guerrero serves as an awful reminder
of why there will be no "Fair Food Program" in the foreseeable future of
Mexico's tomato industry...
Co-founder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
This is not to argue against minimum wage increases
as much as to argue that this remedy must not be substituted for reforms
at deeper levels.
Associate Professor of Political Science at Jacksonville State University
Ultimately, if the American public buys
into these claims, it will only add to the discrimination of Latinos. It
will tie the plight of Muslims to Mexicans, and categorically implicate
Latinos in the War on Terror; it will also become a license for greater
brutality at the border.
Associate Professor, Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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.
Soy Latina, También 
What's Your Excuse? 
Car Pooling With Photographer Alejandro Cartagena 
Missing Mexican Students Not In First Mass Grave 
If You're Headed To Mexico, You're Doing Things Right 
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