Neill Franklin, AlterNet. December 22, 2009. The Mexican government is still confused over the difference between "drugs" and the violence in the battle to gain control of the unregulated drug market.
Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. November 3, 2009. We've been reduced to "human assets" in a relentless economic machine. And we can't even complain: appearing cheerful is vital when all of life is monitored by an employer.
Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger. September 9, 2009. After months of drought, spring crops are failing and food may need to be imported, causing costs to rise.
Frontera NorteSur, New America Media. July 23, 2009. Latinos, who have suffered disproportionately from the effects of the recession, are now relying more on their relatives down south.
Agence France Presse July 23, 2009. Fifty-nine journalists have been killed around the world so far this year, in an alarming rise from 2008 that has become a "bloodbath" of the media, a watchdog said Thursday.
Agence France Presse July 22, 2009. Between March 2008 to March 2009, the "estimated annual inflow of immigrants from Mexico was lower than at any point during the decade."
Jeff Faux, The Nation. July 21, 2009. Thanks to the people who brought you the Great Recession, the next Mexican revolution may come closer to home than you think.
Valeria Fernandez, IPS News. July 1, 2009. Volunteers who leave water jugs for migrants at the border are getting slapped with absurd littering charges.
Gillian Kane, AlterNet. June 17, 2009. Around the world, antiabortion organizations use their political influence and dangerous rhetoric to punish and endanger women.
Agence France Presse June 17, 2009. The Mexican Navy discovered the shipment, which contained a total of 893 kilos of cocaine stuffed inside some 30 sharks.
The Washington Post June 17, 2009. The decision would increase the number of federal drug agents, particularly on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Agence France Presse June 14, 2009. Three days after the WHO declared a global pandemic, the Scottish government announced that an infected patient had died in hospital.
Gabriel Arana, The Nation. May 29, 2009. The national media have invented a drug-related rise of border violence that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 18, 2009. Is Obama really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war?
Mike Davis, Tomdispatch.com. May 6, 2009. A shotgun seat-rider's account of what Mexico actually looks like through local eyes from the other side of the border.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 29, 2009. The right-wing pundits who seized on the swine flu to push their anti-immigrant rhetoric are employing an ancient racist tactic.
Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer. April 20, 2009. TV spin-meisters claim that violence from Mexico's drug trade threatens to spill over into the U.S. This is pure fear mongering.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. April 4, 2009. Some politicians are starting to acknowledge the tragic absurdity of the war on drugs. But we have a long way to go.
Randal C. Archibold, The New York Times. March 31, 2009. A rash of shootings in Vancouver, British Columbia, kidnappings in Phoenix, brutal assaults in Birmingham, Ala., are tied to the drug cartel violence.
