Sembrando Vida: Seeding Life
Mayan Values are reflected in the government program to support reforestation and repair ecosystems after years of damage from agribusiness and tourism.
Author: Meizhu Lui
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More Than Food: US Threaten’s Mexico’s Corn
In response to AMLO’s ban, the US filed a suit to force Mexico to accept US GMO corn. Will Mexico, like China with the Opium War, be forced to import a product they judge unsafe for their people and harmful to their native agriculture?
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Judge Ociel Baena: Hero/Heroine
In November 2023, Jesús Ociel Baena-Saucedo, Mexico’s first openly nonbinary magistrate, was killed. An interview with the poet Edwing “Canuto” Roldán.
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50 Years of the War on Drugs
For 50 years, the US framed the drug crisis as a national security issue rather than as a public health issue, thus the rationale for a disastrous military strategy, explains Patricia Escamilla-Hamm.
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Solidarity Crosses Borders – and Oceans
An interview with author and solidarity worker Dr. Francisco Dominguez on building solidarity with Mexico in the UK.
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s Team: Go & Listen!
An interview with Renata Turrent, public policy expert and member of Claudia Sheinbaum’s pre-candidacy team.
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Fair Trade Labels? Certified Exploitation
Fair trade labeling originated with Oaxacan small scale farmers, but now years of “fairwashing” have produced a label that papers over worker abuse to benefit agribusiness.
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The Expanding US Monroe Doctrine
Human rights activist Teri Mattson argues that it’s high time for the US to bury the Monroe Doctrine and to replace it with a good neighbor policy. Can the US put its guns away and approach its neighbors with open hands?
