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Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border

politicalmediareview — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:01:01 +0000

Among the villains in the crosshairs of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2012 Fiscal Year budget are coyotes, the “smugglers” migrants often hire to help them enter the United States without authorization.

Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juárez: 1893-1923

politicalmediareview — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:18:07 +0000

Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, a dominant image that sticks out in my mind is a view from Interstate-10, a common route for commuters. Whether heading east- or west-bound, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is, at one point, visible from the freeway, and if one takes a second look, an interesting juxtaposition presents itself:

Fragmented Lives, Fragmented Parts: Culture, Capitalism and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Violence & Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez

politicalmediareview — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:47:53 +0000

Although overshadowed these days in mainstream media by drug cartel violence, Cuidad Juarez has come to capture the minds of many people concerned about social justice, and for good reason. In no other city in Latin America do controversies such as globalization, economic collapse, institutionalized violence against women, history, immigration, resistance, North American exceptionalism and the much lauded Eduardo Galleano-esque mythology so crisply cut paths.