A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.
Aaron Gilbreath
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The Resurgence of the Nuxalk
In remote coastal British Columbia, this ancient tribe has launched a Watchmen program to create jobs and protect natural resources as they work to regain jurisdiction over traditional territory for the first time in a century.
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Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’
Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood is the East Coast’s largest open-air drug market whose strong, inexpensive heroin attracts drug users from all over the country. Some locals commute there to score. Some work as guides, helping visitors shop and procure clean needles. The overdose rate is high. Rape, murder, and violence are common. Dead bodies end up […]
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Mexico City’s Architects of Destruction
After an 8.0 earthquake devastated Mexico City in 1985, the government strengthened building codes to prevent more buildings from collapsing. After a massive quake toppled more buildings in the city in 2017, it became clear that officials weren’t enforcing those codes, and developers were cutting corners.
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‘Dallas’ at 40: The Inside Story Behind the Show That Changed Texas Forever
The definitive oral history of a timeless TV series.
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The Specialized Field of Fetal Surgery
It’s a field as small as the people it operates on, and for many parents, it’s the only hope their children have.
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How the Border Patrol Threatens Civil Liberties Far from the Border
While ICE makes headlines, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency continues to detain and search American citizens far from the actual border, and it doesn’t need a warrant.
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Checkpoint Nation
ICE is bad, but as that agency gets the bulk of critics’ ire, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency legally operates within 100 miles of the border, where it needs neither warrents nor explanations to search and detain American citizens. Civil liberties are in danger. How did this happen?
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The Surgeon Who Works On Babies Before They’re Born
Meet Dr. Timothy Crombleholme, a practioner in the specialized field of fetal surgery.
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On Washington’s McNeil Island, The Only Residents Are 214 Dangerous Sex Offenders
A legal mandate keeps Washington state’s most dangerous sex offenders in a controversial facility known as a civil commitment center. ‘Civilly committed’ means detained indefinitely. It’s a community safeguard because these men are likely to repeat their violent sexual crimes, but does civil commitment protect the general public?