For Jennifer Harbury, It’s Déjà Vu at the Border

Where the impunity of the Central American Dirty Wars now crosses this human rights warrior’s doorstep, Trump & Co victimize the victims

The gang came for “Sam” on his 15th birthday. He’d said “no” to them before. This time, they gave him an ultimatum: Join us or die. But poor though his family was, Sam did not want to enter a world of crime and brutality from which there was no escape. The gang, born in Los […]

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When Aunties and Grannies Become Activists

How a handful of friends grew into a powerful network for dignity and justice on the border

What Cindy, Nayelly, Jennifer and Joyce saw was injustice, plain and simple. They were angry. They began a coordinated response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding before their eyes: not only at the bridges, but at courthouses, detention centers, bus stations, and processing centers all across the Rio Grande Valley.

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