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Who Is Killing the Journalists in Mexico?
Journalists are being killed, wounded and threatened at an alarming rate in Mexico since the US/Mexican war on drugs accelerated into a bloodbath of deaths, wounding and torture beginning …
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A Poet’s Pain Launches a Peace Movement in Mexico
Javier Sicilia: Can a poet overcome a state of lawlessness and corruption to bring peace to Mexico? (Photo: Mark Karlin)Sicilia, 55, is a poet, a journalist, a novelist, a …
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Latina Leaders of Texas Colonias Help Remake Shantytowns Into Empowered Communities
Lupita Sanchez, coordinator for community action services at Proyecto Juan Diego, helps Cameron Park colonia residents become empowered through getting out the vote. (Photo by Mark Karlin.)This is the …
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The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico Is a Deadly Failure
(Photo: Mark Karlin) The Official Story From the US State Department On March 29, 2012, William R. Brownfield, US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics …
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Murder Incorporated: Guns, the NRA and the Politics of Violence on the Mexican Border
Sign on road just before main bridge into Mexico from Brownsville, Texas. (Photo: Mark Karlin)An Iron River of Guns Flows Across the Border A phalanx of US law enforcement …
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The Border Wall: The Last Stand at Making the US a White Gated Community
(Photos by Mark Karlin) This is the first in an occasional Truthout series on viewing the US “immigration” and Mexican border policies through a social justice lens, …
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Coming to Grips With Feminicide
Violence against women who defend human rights is growing at an alarming rate.
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Calderón Tries to Turn Out the Lights on Mexico’s Unions
Every Monday morning for the last 23 years, Ernesto arrived at Luz y Fuerza del Centro, Mexico City's power and light company, ready to work. This Monday, however, he …