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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...

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...

Yosimar Reyes
Photo by Kim Newmoney
Arts

Undocumented Poet Yosimar Reyes Shows Love

Guerrero-born, California-raised poet Yosimar Reyes tours the country to discuss themes of migration and sexuality. Here is his poem of love. You tell...

Machismo
Politics

Gun in His House: An Argument Against Machismo

I come from a long line of Mexican machos, mustachioed and hard-working, brutal and generous, hilarious and cruel. Gun-toting, farm-laboring, factory-working, tequila and...

Llane Alexis
Photos by Peter Van Der Pas
Arts

Cuban Artist Llane Alexis: Why Sewing Machines Are Scary

Self-taught, Cuban-born artist Llane Alexis hand-stitches textile remnants to make whimsical and politically charged works of art. I’m a self-taught artist, born and...