09Apr2014
Borderland: What Happens When a News Organization Treats Immigrants as People
Media Matters for America
Al Jazeera America is set to debut a new original series called "Borderland" that will attempt to take viewers beyond the debate on illegal immigration and tell the stories of the undocumented immigrants who attempt to cross illegally into the US and the residents on the border.

09Apr2014
Can You Go 24 Hours Without Making Any Garbage?
TakePart
Could you spend a day without producing any garbage? That’s exactly what Global Citizen and the sustainable brand initiative Ekocycle are encouraging people all over the world to do today.

09Apr2014
Public Health Warning Closes Mexican Beach Made Famous by Shawshank Redemption
Daily Mail
The beach that Tim Robbins dreamed of escaping to in the 1994 film Shawshank Redemption has been closed to the public due to contamination.

09Apr2014
Could a Reality TV Show Really Help Get Latin America Off Drugs?
Newsweek
If a reality show can reduce teenage pregnancies, why couldn't you make one to do the same for drugs? That was one of the ideas put forward at a forum on drug policy in Panama.

09Apr2014
Smuggled Mexican Prescription Drugs: Quick-Fix for Mounting Healthcare Costs
Medical Tourism Magazine
A growing number of Americans, especially patients in border states, are finding relief in prescription drugs smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

09Apr2014
Watch: Pipe-Smoking Rebel Who Took on Mexico State
BBC News
On New Year's day in 1994, rebels from Mexico's indigenous community seized several towns in the south of the country, taking the government by complete surprise. Father Gonzalo Ituarte, a Roman Catholic priest who witnessed the uprising, describes the dramatic events.

09Apr2014
Anti-Government Protesting in Oaxaca Mexico Leaves 6 People Injured, 38 Arrested
Hispanically Speaking News
Thirty-eight people were arrested following a protest that left six police officers and a newspaper photographer injured in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, officials said.

09Apr2014
Woodrow Wilson Center Book Launch: Building Resilient Communities in Mexico
Woodrow Wilson Center
In light of recent concerns about the desperate measures taken by vigilantes and armed self defense groups in rural Mexico, this new book provides a timely effort to evaluate the constructive responses of Mexican society in the face of years of crime and violence.


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