Conceiving While Poor, Imprisoned For Murder

Conceiving While Poor, Imprisoned For Murder

Though the Salvadoran total abortion ban has been a rallying cry for the global abortion rights movement, these 17 Salvadoran women appear to have not even purposefully ended a pregnancy, but rather to have suffered from a combination of obstetrical complications and poverty.
Sex Workers Outsmart Quito Police

Sex Workers Outsmart Quito Police

Without clear legislation governing street prostitution in Ecuador, sex workers band together to battle frequent and arbitrary police crackdowns—and win.
Alambre

Alambre

  Renacimiento del ciclo de los placebos Miles de hienas babeando por los relevos Suena la bestia cruzando la sierra
Garbage, Health, and Well-Being in Managua

Garbage, Health, and Well-Being in Managua

  A boy sorting through plastic at La Chureca. Nov. 16th, 2010. Photo by Timothy Bouldry. Long described as a
Prying Native People from Native Lands: Narco Business in Honduras

Prying Native People from Native Lands: Narco Business in Honduras

  A landing strip used by traffickers near a native community, 2011. Photo by K. McSweeney. At last, there is
Washington and São Paulo: Spying and a Fading Friendship

Washington and São Paulo: Spying and a Fading Friendship

  The only thing missing from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s speech at the UN General Assembly last month was “it
Collateral Damage: Blood and the Drug War on the Miskitu Coast

Collateral Damage: Blood and the Drug War on the Miskitu Coast

Marlene Zelaya Jackson is tall and slender, with smooth brown skin, high cheekbones, and a warm smile edged by teeth
The Photographs of Leandro Viana

The Photographs of Leandro Viana

            Click here to purchase Leandro Viana's prints.  In order to comprehend the scope and significance of
Cuba: State of the Arts

Cuba: State of the Arts

  In Cuba, a lot of things don’t work quite right. A six-lane superhighway ends abruptly in a cane field
Lost in the System: Unidentified Bodies on the Border

Lost in the System: Unidentified Bodies on the Border

  Over the past decade, thousands of people have died in the desert borderlands of the United States. As has
Burning Questions: The Life and Work of Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1949–2012

Burning Questions: The Life and Work of Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1949–2012

On July 5, 2012, the world-renowned anthropologist, historian, and writer Michel-Rolph Trouillot passed away in his home in Chicago, after
Burning Questions: The Life and Work of Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1949–2012

Burning Questions: The Life and Work of Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 1949–2012

On July 5, 2012, the world-renowned anthropologist, historian, and writer Michel-Rolph Trouillot passed away in his home in Chicago, after