Stories by Marcelo Ballve
Undocumented workers were the economic lifeblood of small towns like Postville, Iowa -- until the immigration cops showed up.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009
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
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
Che's story is more complicated than most moviegoers will guess.
Posted on Sep 22, 2004
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
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
Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz on Schwarzenegger, immigration, and the media's 'Leave it to Beaver' attitude toward Latinos.
Posted on May 6, 2004
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
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
New anti-immigration groups are working to overturn a long history of sanctuary laws.
Posted on Sep 10, 2003
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
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
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
