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Morning in Matamoros
Morning in Matamoros
One kindergarten teacher’s story of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border every morning.
Meena Venkataramanan
Sep 18, 2021
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…
Nina Elkadi
Aug 6, 2021
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.
Hannah Martinez
Jun 27, 2021
From The Outside Looking In
From The Outside Looking In
Exclusion, Judgment, and Acceptance on the Basis of Identity
Brice Kimble
Apr 25, 2021
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…
Nikolas Kirk
Mar 25, 2021
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.
Mónica Sánchez
Feb 2, 2021
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.
Tania Dominguez-Rangel
Jan 17, 2021
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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…
Christian Thorsberg
Jan 8, 2021
Fallas Paredes — Faulty Walls
Fallas Paredes — Faulty Walls
Fallas Paredes (Faulty Walls)
Stories from the Border
Jun 20, 2020
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.
Meena Venkataramanan
Dec 23, 2019
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