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In my village in Oaxaca I had heard about those who made it big in El Norte, and I wanted to become one of them. But I didn’t know how hard life in Houston would be without papers, money, or a job.

New Mexico native is depicted on newly minted series of quarters

Murders Are Rising the Most in a Few Isolated Precincts of Major Cities Jon Hilsenrath and Joe Barrett, Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2021 A murder wave in U.S. cities that started last year is carrying forward into 2021, and a growing body of research shows a pattern behind the rise: It has been concentrated in relatively few poor neighborhoods, typically Black and Hispanic, with persistent histories of violence. As elected officials and communities search for solutions, recognizing this geograp...

The Rising Body Count of Liberalism After the left’s anti-police agitation went into hyperdrive following the death of George Floyd, the easiest prediction in the world to make was that the chief victims of this ideologically-driven rage would be the very people liberals claim to champion—low income minorities. Heather Mac Donald called it “the Ferguson effect,” after the anti-police riots in Ferguson, Missouri in 2015. Told that they are the enemy, the police are curtailing their prese...