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Uncaged Art
Uncaged Art Finding life and light in art from detention. – by David Dorado RomoApril 22, 2019 When I first saw the art of the children of the Tornillo detention camp, I was struck by the colors....
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To Understand the El Paso Massacre, Look to the Long Legacy of Anti-Mexican...
In the immediate aftermath of the El Paso shooting—the largest massacre of Latinx people in the history of the United States—politicians of all stripes stood before the cameras and gave their diagnosis...
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‘El Paso Firme’ Music Festival Calls on Texans to Peacefully Resist White...
About 1,200 people attended the El Paso Firme Music Fest on Saturday, a call to action against white supremacy through “the healing power of music.” The all-day event held at Ascarate, a community...
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Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer on the Importance of Telling Complex, Nuanced...
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer hates searchlights. They evoke surveillance and fear, and in the El Paso-Juárez borderlands, where his most recent artwork debuted this month, the U.S. Border Patrol uses them to...
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The Mexican American Story
Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted with permission from Borderlands and the Mexican American Story, out August 20 from Crown Books for Young Readers. The excerpt consists of the book’s...
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