Rebellion and Repression  in Chiapas

Rebellion and Repression in Chiapas

A Massacre Foretold (DVD, 2007, 58 minutes), directed by Nick Higgins, Lansdowne Productions (massacreforetold.com) In the first scene of A ...
The Migrants Will be Heard: A 40th Anniversary Conversation with Rubén Martínez

The Migrants Will be Heard: A 40th Anniversary Conversation with Rubén Martínez

A Los Angeles native of Mexican and Salvadoran descent, Rubén Martínez is one of the United States’ most trenchant writers ...
Border Geography and Vigilantes

Border Geography and Vigilantes

The border has gotten so inflamed lately that the heat is being felt in both Washington and Mexico City. One ...
Identity and Empowerment on the Border

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 ...
This Coyote's Life

This Coyote’s Life

The majority of undocumented Mexican migrants enter the United States for the first time with the assistance of a paid ...
Dominicans in New York: Getting a Slice of the Apple

Dominicans in New York: Getting a Slice of the Apple

After years of struggle, the Dominican community is becoming a pivotal player in New York City politics. I'd like to ...
Nueva York - Diaspora City: U.S. Latinos Between and Beyond

Nueva York – Diaspora City: U.S. Latinos Between and Beyond

Back in 1999, New York magazine was renamed Nueva York, at least for the week of September 6. The Spanish ...
Ethnic (In)Visibility in Neoliberal Argentina

Ethnic (In)Visibility in Neoliberal Argentina

During the 1990s, Argentina’s government and national media repeatedly called attention to a wave of migration that was supposedly flooding ...