Month: July 2018

Berlin
Photo by Salvador Ochoa Ochoa
Arts

Berlin’s Creative Set

At just 15, Mexican singer-songwriter Ceci Bastida got her start in music by joining the endlessly rebellious ska-punk band Tijuana No! She toured...

Guatemala
Photo by Gary Saldana
World

Earth And Fire: Inside The Efforts to Rebuild Guatemala

The morning after the Volcán de Fuego’s eruption, Maria Alvarado found herself in Antigua, Guatemala. She’d driven from the capital with a group...

Mexico City
Arts

City Snapshot: Time-Lapse Footage of Mexico City

  What’s the best way to tour Mexico City in under a minute? Use time-lapse. (And a great soundtrack.) [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1503304317525{padding-top: 12px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mexico...

Sex Trafficking
Labor trafficking is hard to criminally prosecute | Courtesy of Polaris
World

Sex Trafficking Out of Latin America

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1503304317525{padding-top: 12px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sex Trafficking from Latin America Is Just a Slice of the Slave Labor Market     Thousands of women...

JC Rivera
JC Rivera
Arts

JC Rivera Speaks Truth Through Art

His bear symbol speaks to survival and life in the urban wild. Chicago-based Puerto Rican muralist JC Rivera has an unmistakable trademark character:...

A.F. Cortés
Arts

A.F. Cortés Uses Photography as a Visual Mixtape

These are all bands that I listen to and care about. For one reason or another, they are important in music history. I'm...

Avocado Cartels
Mexico exports avocados to meet insatiable U.S. demand | Flickr
World

Avocado Cartels: The Violent Reality Behind “Green Gold”

Our appetite for avocados has made them more valuable than cannabis in Mexico—and drug syndicates have taken notice, forming veritable avocado cartels. Here’s...

Aida Rodriguez
It's been a journey for me | Mike Von
Culture

Aida Rodriguez: I Was Always Aware of Feminism

Aida Rodriguez breaks down single motherhood, her Puerto Rican-ness, her Dominican-ness, and modern dating with realness and intelligence. As host of a panel...

Wiki
Chilling at the crib | Nathan Bajar
Arts

Hip-Hop Artist Wiki Reps NYC

The first time I heard Wiki speak at a media event on the Lower East Side, he’d lost three teeth after getting punched....

Biometrics
The dehumanizing effects of biometric scanning | Flickr
Politics

Biometrics: The U.S. and Mexico Are Scanning Migrants

Immigrant families fleeing civil strife must give up their privacy in new ways. Under mounting political pressure from its northern neighbor, Mexico has...