Work, Sex and Danger in Ciudad Juarez
By now, the murdered women of Ciudad Juárez are such an old story that the locals hardly pay attention anymore ...
Tijuana’s Toxic Waters
On a typical Saturday morning in the United States, millions of people will be relaxing at home, watching television or ...
The Changing Face of Border Culture Studies
Though research on the U.S.-Mexico border has a short history, the history of cultural studies of the border is even ...
Identity and Empowerment on the Border
The image of the "border crosser" dominates much of recent border studies and theory. As highlighted in works of such ...
Book Review Essay: The U.S.-Mexico Border: Transcending Divisions, Contesting Identities
"The border," comment the editors in their introduction to The U.S.-Mexico Border, "now represents a global crossroads in which the ...
Haiti Undone
Haiti's Parliament building stands empty, except for a few deputies off in a side room who recline in their armchairs, ...
Contested Terrain The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands—the territory running about 30 miles along either side of the 2,000-mile line stretching from Tijuana/San Diego on ...
Borderless Economy, Barricaded Border
The escalating U.S. immigration-control campaign along the southwest border offers a striking contrast to the rhetoric and practice of U.S.-Mexican ...
