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El dia de la madre, remembering those behind bars

As of this writing, today, May 10, is Mother’s Day in Mexico and Central America. I am standing on a small piece of land outside the Detention Center of ICE in Tacoma, Wash. We are here to remember the mothers who are incarcerated in this special jail bui ...

14 Jun 2014 - Pat Rumer
The border war: Author Todd Miller talks about the increasing militarization of our borders

Fear is big business, and managing that fear along our nation’s 5,000 border miles is a booming industry. Author Todd Miller has researched and written about immigration and border issues along our Canadian and Mexican boundaries for more than 15 years. H ...

23 Apr 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
ICE case reveals complexities in local policies

The knocks came early. At around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, Daniel Hernandez Garcia and his girlfriend of five years, Josefina Aguiniga, answered the door of their Southeast Portland home to find two officers. “They told me they were police officers and they w ...

4 Mar 2014 - Nathan Gilles
What the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for Oregon

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a free trade agreement among Pacific Rim nations, is possibly the biggest story you’ve never heard of. That’s partly by design. The United States and the eleven other countries negotiating what is the largest trade d ...

15 Feb 2014 - Nathan Gilles
Age of Inocente

Inocente gained fame in the Oscar-winning documentary “Inocente,” which shows her pursuing her dream to be an artist. Her paintings exhibit a sense of whimsy, and sometimes, her face is the canvas. As a homeless teen, Inocente dreamed of a better life. Bu ...

9 Oct 2013 - Rosette Royale