Well this is certainly interesting: Every now and then, there is something new under the sun. This month, it’s a pro-worker trade policy—a first for the federal government in at least 40 years. Th
Supposedly, revised NAFTA gives labor groups some power to enforce regulations. I am extremely skeptical this will happen in reality. We are all about to find out. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and other groups f
We don’t often think of Afro-Mexicans, but they very much exist, especially along both the Gulf and Pacific coasts. And they face significant discrimination within a quite racist Mexico. That ra
Check out my latest interview with authors of recent books. I spoke with Christy Thornton of Johns Hopkins University, author of the brand new book Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance
When racists talk about “protecting our borders” and stopping immigrants from coming to the U.S., it’s the biggest act of intentional self-denial and ignorance in history. Nearly eve
A new war on junk food has been roiling Mexico in the last couple of weeks. As more states propose or approve bans on junk food sales to minors, Mexico is seeing the tide turn against high-calorie sna
The U.S. most certainly has a lot of problematic statues. But so does Latin America and that reflects the history of racism and genocide just as profound there as here. Moreover, the cultural politics
Who knew that Mexico deciding to shut breweries down as non-essential could lead to this problem! Tainted alcohol has killed dozens of people in Mexico within the past two weeks, prompting concerns th