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BAJA GOES FOR SPACE DOLLARS
In a renewed bid to further position their localities in a booming 21st century industry, officials in Tijuana and Baja California will host an aerospace conference later this month. Jacobo Ackerman Garcia, local delegate for Mexico’s Economy Ministry, said the … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Human Rigths, internet, Journalism, low income, poverty, sexuality, USA
Tagged Baja California, BE Aerospace, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Jorge Hank Rhon, Mexico, New Mexico, Tijuana, United States
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Race-Baiting the Gulf to Exploit Black and Brown Workers
Keilen Williams had to leave his home in Pointe a la Hache, population of about 300, after Hurricane Katrina’s winds and storms devoured it. At the time, Williams, 34, was a shrimper in the small community of African-American fisher-folk who’ve … Continue reading
11-Year-Old Girl Horrifically Gang-Raped; New York Times Article Blames the Victim
[Trigger warning for sexual violence, victim-blaming, and rape apologia.] There is an awful story in the New York Times today: Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town. It’s about the arrest of 18 boys and men, ranging in age “from middle schoolers to … Continue reading
Posted in drug war, drugs, economy, education, Guggenheim, guns, Human Rigths, Journalism, low income, poverty, sexuality, USA
Tagged Alumnus, Boy, New York Times, Rape, Rape culture, Sexual assault, Texas, Victim blaming
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Mexico: Cops, Crime and Drugs
Headlines about the security situation in Mexico rivet the US media. Statements, questions, policy assessments and more questions echo from Capitol Hill and the White House, feeding a constant video and audio stream of punditry. Is Mexico a national security … Continue reading
US Government Creating Vast Domestic Snooping Machine
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet WaPo reports on the new extent of the surveillance state: Predator drones on the Mexican border, wireless fingerprint scanning and vast databases on its own citizens. The surveillance state is real, Big Brother is watching more … Continue reading
Posted in drug war, drugs, economy, education, guns, Human Rigths, low income, poverty, traffic, USA
Tagged Dana Priest, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, Janet Napolitano, RH Reality Check, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, Washington Post
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Building Border Food Security
In recent years, the word “security” has dominated discourse about the US-Mexico border region. For the most part, security debates have revolved around support for or opposition to border walls, military deployments and the like. But in southern New Mexico, a … Continue reading
The War on Drugs Is a War on Poor People
By Bruce Western / The Nation America doesn’t have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem. Policy reform — as salutary as it often is, and like the drug war before it — risks mistaking symptom for cause. America’s drug policy … Continue reading
Posted in drug war, drugs, education, Human Rigths, low income, poverty, USA
Tagged Drug policy, Drug subculture, Drug War, Harvard University, Illegal drug trade, Poverty, United States, Wall Street
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