Detroit: America’s Ciudad Juárez
Even before there was a war in Ciudad Juárez, I remember that Juárez had the feel of a war zone. It wasn’t until I visited Detroit for the first time that I rediscovered this feeling all over again.
Posts by tag
Mexico
90 posts
After a Fashion
Like a lot of men these days, the line between what I wear to go to work, to work out, and to sleep has gotten dangerously thin.
Not Your Average Mexican Tourist Destination
I can’t afford a $3,000 American tooth implant, but luckily, I’m spending this summer at my Somali aunt and uncle’s house in Yuma, Arizona—a town only ten miles away from…
The Other Side of Nowhere
Our better life started in a small cockroach-infested apartment on the side of a highway in San Antonio, Texas. My mother’s homesickness was unbearable, and we almost went back to Poland. What some may not understand is that this pursuit of a better life breaks you.
Nick Cave Monday #29: “Avalanche”
Around the year of our Lord 1984, there were fans of The Birthday Party wandering aimless through the streets. Their post-punk gods vanished. But, just like a dude named Jesus,…
The Violence of Mexican Drug Cartels
A bitterly violent war against Mexican Drug Cartels wages on across the U.S. border. Tens of thousands are being murdered, and over a million are being forced to flee their homes.…
Mexican Journalist Death Toll Rising
If you’ve forgotten, over at The New York Review of Books, novelist Alma Guillermoprieto is here to remind you that drug-related violence is still alive and strong in Mexico. She…
Anti-Nanotechnology Terrorism
Nature investigates the rising number of terrorism attacks, and threats, against researchers in the field of nanotechnology. Those perpetrating the violence claim to be environmental activists, and believe that nanotechnology will…
Drug Violence and the Lacking American Media Response
The recent massacre at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico marks the pinnacle of drug war-related violence. The response to this tragic episode by the American media reveal the frailties of…
Can Legalizing Drugs be a Solution for the Violence in Mexico?
Some Mexican politicians and public officials–in addition to a significant portion of the Mexican public–believe that it is “time to go back to a policy of peaceful co-existence with the…
Love in the Time of Terror Babies
“My parents, with admirable foresight, had their first child while they were on fellowships in the United States. My mother was in public health, and my father in a library-science…
Random Media Notes
Amazon reports that Kindle Books outsold real books on Christmas day (and Mashable shows why that’s just PR smoke and mirrors). An argument for schools to stop blocking social networking…