Tag: <span>featured</span>
February 18, 2016 > Katie Schlechter
Child Migrants Fight in Immigration Courts to Stay in U.S.
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the first in a two-part series. NEW YORK — Congregating on benches in a downtown Manhattan […] Read More >
February 2, 2016 > Dusty Christensen
Fourteen Arrested Protesting Georgia University Ban on Undocumented Students
Undocumented students and activists in Georgia staged sit-ins at three state universities on Monday, calling for an end to policies they say unfairly deny undocumented student access to public higher […] Read More >
January 13, 2016 > Jessica Diaz-Hurtado
Amid Police Violence Against Brazil’s Black Population, a Protest Movement Grows
RIO DE JANEIRO — After celebrating 16-year-old Roberto de Souza Penha’s first paycheck on a late November night, Souza and his four friends were shot to death in their car […] Read More >
December 10, 2015 > Chris Barrett
For Argentine Environmentalists, New President Macri Elicits Hope — and Skepticism
Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri entered the “Casa Rosada” today, bringing an end to 12 years of leftist “kirchnerismo” rule and ushering in, supporters hope, an era of economic liberalization and […] Read More >
November 18, 2015 > Jessica Diaz-Hurtado
Colombia Advances LGBT Rights But Some Say It’s Not Enough
The past few weeks have been incredibly important for Colombia’s LGBT community. Last month, the country’s first openly gay candidate for political office was elected mayor in the southern city […] Read More >
November 2, 2015 > Franco Bastida
UN Refugee Agency Sounds Alarm on Violence Against Women in Central America, Mexico
WASHINGTON — Norma witnessed routine gunfights and murders when she lived in El Salvador. She paid a biweekly cuota, or street tax, to the Barrio 18 gang members controlling her […] Read More >
October 28, 2015 > Jessica Diaz-Hurtado
Podcast: Medellín’s Missing Bodies
– Look for us in the iTunes store. Guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and government forces have disappeared more than 93,000 people during Colombia’s 50 year civil war — more than any […] Read More >
October 23, 2015 > Luisa Rollenhagen
Ahead of Argentine Elections, Political Apathy Runs High in ‘Little Buenos Aires’
NEW YORK — Walking down Junction Boulevard toward Corona Avenue in Queens is akin to exploring a microcosm of Latin America: Mexican and Guatemalan eateries are clustered close to Roosevelt Avenue, […] Read More >
October 15, 2015 > Camila Osorio
In Search for the Next UN Secretary General, Women Fight for Recognition
NEW YORK — Feminist activists, scholars and at least 45 United Nations member states are leading a campaign to make a woman the next U.N. secretary general in what would […] Read More >
October 8, 2015 > Dusty Christensen
As UN Debate on Decolonization Begins, Puerto Rico Presses for Self-Determination
NEW YORK — Advocates of Puerto Rican self-determination have for decades claimed that their status as a U.S. commonwealth amounts to second-class citizenship, but regular petitions to the United Nations’ […] Read More >