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Morning in Matamoros

Morning in Matamoros

One kindergarten teacher’s story of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border every morning.
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Meena Venkataramanan
The Workers in the Shadows

The Workers in the Shadows

Thousands of acres of cultivated land line the drive on US-71 North. The late summer sun beats down on the corn and soybeans, making the…
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Nina Elkadi
For These Five Latin Americans, ‘Home’ Has Shaped Their Cultural Identity

For These Five Latin Americans, ‘Home’ Has Shaped Their Cultural Id...

How personal conceptions of ‘home’ shape cultural identity for these five Latin Americans.
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Hannah Martinez
From The Outside Looking In

From The Outside Looking In

Exclusion, Judgment, and Acceptance on the Basis of Identity
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Brice Kimble
Kino Border Initiative Adjusts to a New Reality at the Border

Kino Border Initiative Adjusts to a New Reality at the Border

The comedor at the Kino Border Initiative stands a few hundred yards south of the Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry. It is a small structure…
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Nikolas Kirk
Nuestra Frontera & El Amor de mi Nombre

Nuestra Frontera & El Amor de mi Nombre

Poetry about the borderlands and the power of naming by Mónica Sánchez.
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Mónica Sánchez
Uplifting the Immigrant Community and Living Unapologetically: An Interview with Adelitas Apparel

Uplifting the Immigrant Community and Living Unapologetically: An I...

Tania Dominguez-Rangel interviews an undocumented-owned business that has channeled its profits to social justice-oriented causes.
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Tania Dominguez-Rangel
Photo and Video
Harry Gamboa Jr. Finds That Single Iconic Frame

Harry Gamboa Jr. Finds That Single Iconic Frame

Harry Gamboa Jr. helped select and popularize ‘Chicano,’ a term that conveys a tenor of pride and cultural resistance. It replaces…
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Christian Thorsberg
Fallas Paredes — Faulty Walls

Fallas Paredes — Faulty Walls

Fallas Paredes (Faulty Walls)
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Stories from the Border
Entrevista con un solicitante de asilo mexicano

Entrevista con un solicitante de asilo mexicano

A mini-documentary in Spanish that spotlights Crescencio Pacheco, a Mexican asylum-seeker.
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Meena Venkataramanan
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