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Escape From an LA Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molinau2019s human trafficking story was typical. Whatu2019s remarkable is what she did next.
Neoliberalism Plays Key Role in Economically Forced Mexican Migration to US
Truthout talks with David Bacon, author of The Right to Stay Home, about how much of the Mexican migration to the United States comes about in dire response to …
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Mexico Imprisons US Citizen Who Fought Corruption
A US citizen languishes in a Mexican prison with no access to her lawyers or the US consul. Charged with no crime, she is apparently guilty of uncovering government …
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Fear and Loathing at the Border
The U.S. government is deporting immigrants to Mexican cities rife with violence and drug wars. Thatu2019s leaving deportees vulnerable to theft, extortion and kidnapping.
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The Environmental Consequences of Privatizing Mexico’s Oil
Those Americans who have become so concerned about fracking or oil drilling or climate change need to lift their eyes beyond the confines of their own local and national …
Tens of Thousands March Against Mexico School Privatization
Teachers blockade downtown Mexico City to protest education reforms they say is harmful to public schools.
The Ancestral Values We Inherited: Protecting Indigenous Water, Land and Culture in Mexico
"We won't let the government or foreign companies own or exploit our resources," says Saul Atanasio Roque Morales, a Xoxocotla indigenous man from the state of Morelos, Mexico.
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Leahy: Freeze on Mexico Drug War Funds Will Save Lives and Money
It's about time someone in government called for a halt to throwing good money after bad at Mexico's drug war. It not only doesn't work; it kills.
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The Missing Discourse in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform bills presently under consideration ignore how US policy has caused Mexican immigration.
Noam Chomsky: “Bradley Manning Should Be Regarded as a Hero”
Laura Flanders interviews Noam Chomsky about Manning, the TransPacific Partnership and the wisdom of the indigenous.