Stories by Marcelo Ballve
Mass immigration raids are up in the first five months of Obama's presidency, despite promises of reform.
Posted on Sep 1, 2009, Source: New America Media
Undocumented workers were the economic lifeblood of small towns like Postville, Iowa -- until the immigration cops showed up.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009, Source: Mother Jones
Latin American politicians, eager to put their region back on the world's radar screen, are openly promoting Latin American cardinals for the papacy, sometimes to the chagrin of Catholic Church leaders.
Posted on Apr 13, 2005, Source: Pacific News Service
In the aftermath of the assassination of Dorothy Stang, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva is scrambling to appear green. But many fear that an unholy alliance between government and agribusiness will bring more forest destruction.
Posted on Mar 5, 2005, Source: Pacific News Service
Che's story is more complicated than most moviegoers will guess.
Posted on Sep 22, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
We now live in a 'risk society,' where voters are looking to choose not the best leader, but the safest one.
Posted on Sep 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The collection of DNA samples is expanding nationwide. Civil libertarians say privacy and the presumption of innocence are in jeopardy.
Posted on Jul 14, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz on Schwarzenegger, immigration, and the media's 'Leave it to Beaver' attitude toward Latinos.
Posted on May 6, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
A mix of hope and suspicion is filling the editorial pages of the nation's ethnic news media in response to President Bush's new proposal on undocumented immigrants.
Posted on Jan 8, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
Despite FCC crackdowns on microradio broadcasters, one intrepid DJ is sending out over the airwaves the sounds of 'sonido,' a popular grassroots musical style.
Posted on Dec 30, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
New anti-immigration groups are working to overturn a long history of sanctuary laws.
Posted on Sep 10, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Pending changes to media ownership rules are making some publishers and journalists in the nation's growing ethnic media markets nervous -- and a few others expectant.
Posted on May 26, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
For two men in San Francisco, the hard work they’ve done all their lives has eroded their fingerprints and lost them their jobs.
Posted on Apr 4, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The discovery that sniper suspect John Lee Malvo is an undocumented immigrant has reignited the debate over changes to U.S. immigration policy. Both the right, which seeks tighter controls, and the left, which favors an amnesty for illegal aliens, may be erroneously framing the debate around national security.
Posted on Oct 31, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
