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 Editorials | At Issue
Gap in Justice, White House Emails Raises Questions
 Kevin Bohn
No emails released on firing of US attorneys during a 16-day period. Investigators interested in period between November 15 and December 2, 2006. Last email before gap asks whether issue should be raised with the president.
Calderon's Ties to Family in US have Faded, Illustrating Trend
 Associated Press
It's hard to find a family in Mexico that doesn't have relatives in the United States. Even President Felipe Calderon says he has distant cousins, uncles and in-laws scattered in Chicago, Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, many of them living "on the run."
New Tactics Disrupt Illegal Immigration
 Richard Marosi
These days many of those who set out to cross the border soon return, unsuccessful and exhausted, while the hundreds who manage to cross each day are apprehended swiftly on the U.S. side.
Voice for Homosexuals: A Hero in the Fight for Gay Rights
 David Usborne
Despite a number of death threats, the efforts of William Hernandez, praised by Sir Elton John for speaking up for gays and lesbians, are finally being recognised.
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
 Nicholas Wade
Some animals are surprisingly sensitive to the plight of others. Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others. Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several days. Biologists argue that these and other social behaviors are the precursors of human morality.
NAFTA Should Have Stopped Illegal Immigration, Right?
 Louis Uchitelle
NAFTA made it easier for goods and money to flow across borders, but not people. It is a noteworthy discrepancy. Nowadays everyone sees that NAFTA has been a terrible failure, but politicians are not trying to fix it, and in fact are trying to extend it.
Trial Run for Mexican Trucks Hits Roadblocks
 Cindy Skrzycki
The latest plan to let Mexican trucks cross the U.S. border to deliver goods to the heartland is facing the same kind of obstacles that stalled earlier efforts.
A Mexican Hamlet Tackles Emigration
 Tim Padgett
Alberto Bautista, 30, is a rarity in Santa Cruz Mixtepec: a young adult male. Most of the sons, husbands and brothers from this poor remote hamlet of Mixtec Indians, tucked in the sierras of southern Oaxaca state, are migrant workers in the U.S.
Crunch Time for Gonzales
 Adam Zagorin
Attorneygate is getting stickier and stickier. All of Washington is now anxiously awaiting the release of documents later today that could well determine the fate of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Meanwhile, the specifics of one firing, that of San Diego Prosecutor Carol Lam, is getting curioser and curioser.
An Evangelical's Concession on Gays
 Michael Lindenberger
The old and often bitter debate over what causes homosexuality took an unexpected turn this week in the wake of comments by a leading conservative Christian theologian, who says fellow evangelicals should accept that science may one day prove homosexuals are born gay.
The Bush Iraq War is Now More than Four Long Years
 Rick Francona
It has been four years since the American-led invasion of Iraq and the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime. It was a well-executed military campaign — taking Baghdad in less than three weeks. However, the notion of a quick victory followed by a quick withdrawal did not come to fruition.
Justicia Deferred
 Beth Slovic
Not so long ago, Rebecca Roth would wake up in her 3,500-square-foot home in Lake Oswego and begin her work as a consultant for the Oregon Central Credit Union. For the past 13 months, she's awakened in a jail near Guadalajara and, with her limited Spanish, struggled to convince Mexican authorities that she is innocent.
WSU Student Says Mexican Police Tortured, Extorted Him
 Jacob Jones
A 21-year-old WSU student returned early from vacation in Puerto Vallarta with a terrifying tale. Senior economics major Andrew DeLorenzo said he was finishing up a night of drinking with six friends at a downtown Vallarta club on March 12 when he was seized by Mexican police officers.
Tax Cheats Sap Mexican Treasury
 Marla Dickerson
President Felipe Calderon has sent federal troops to hot spots around the country to combat drug traffickers in recent months. But another group of scofflaws might prove even tougher to bring to justice: Mexico’s tax cheats.
Family of Murdered Independent Journalist Brad Will to Visit Mexico City and Oaxaca
 By the Family of Brad Will
Family members, consisting of Brad’s parents and his brother and sister, will visit Mexico City and Oaxaca City. They will meet with human rights and other non-governmental organizations, Mexican officials, the United States Embassy, eyewitnesses, and the media. Press conferences will be held in each city.
Ealy Ortiz Decries Ongoing Crimes Against Journalists
 El Universal
EL UNIVERSAL president Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz said Sunday that during the past six months the Inter American Press Association (SIP) has recorded 66 convictions of people who were involved in crimes against journalists.
Mexico’s President Rides Popularity Wave
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
President Felipe Calderón is on a roll. You can see it in his relaxed manner these days, his ease at the lectern, whether he is meeting with President Bush or swinging through Baja, California, to unveil new projects.
Reclaiming Jewish Traditions in Mexico
 Roberto Loiederman
When he told me he was going to visit a group of Mexicans practicing Judaism on their own - no rabbi, no shul - it sounded fascinating; I asked if I could come along.
Paper Money is a Claim on Wealth
 Dan Amoss, CFA
Contrary to popular opinion, paper money is not wealth. Paper money is a claim on wealth. It only has value to the extent that it can be exchanged for things — a bushel of corn, a gallon of gasoline, a dental cleaning, or an Intel microprocessor.
US Churches Plan New Sanctuary Movement
 Peter Prengaman
At the time we were able to make major changes and awaken the moral imagination of the community Churches in a handful of U.S. cities are preparing to launch a 'sanctuary' movement to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation and unite faith-based groups in a push for immigration reform.
Evangelical Christians Attack Use of Torture by US
 Ed Pilkington
The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace this week when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror.
Canada's Annual Seal Slaughter
 Michael Werbowski
Spring is approaching in the northern latitudes and one perennial event that Canadians pay little attention to domestically but gets lots of international media coverage is about to get underway: the annual mass slaughter of seals.
Mexico Protesters Call for End to War
 Traci Carl
Protesters demanded "No more war!" and called Mexican President Felipe Calderon a "lapdog" of the U.S. on Wednesday, wrapping up days of often violent protests that dogged President Bush's five-nation tour of Latin America.
Ochoa Slain, Family Insists
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Family members of Digna Ochoa, the human rights lawyer found dead in her Mexico City office in October of 2001, said Wednesday that a new investigation of her death must start with the presumption that she was murdered.
House Approves Three Open Government Bills: Bush Veto Coming?
 Associated Press
The measures would force government to be more responsive to Freedom of Information Act requests, make contributions to presidential libraries public and overturn a 2001 presidential directive giving the president authority to keep his records from public view.
Disability Ratings
 David Lord
The US Army and Marine Corps, which are bearing the brunt of the burden in Iraq and Afghanistan, tend to give their wounded troops lower disability ratings than the Navy and Air Force, according to Defense Department data.
Analysis: Bush Can't Hide From Woes
 Tom Raum
President Bush's trip to sunny Latin America was no day at the beach. He was buffeted by complaints about immigration laws, ethanol tariffs, the Iraq war and accusations that the United States was ignoring its southern neighbors.
On Mexico’s Southern Border: Soldiers vs. Grupo Beta
 Jeremy Schwartz
On Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala about a half dozen law enforcement agencies patrol the border. Only federal police and immigration agents are legally able to detain undocumented migrants, but the rest do it anyway, hoping to squeeze out bribes.
Mexican Economy Poised for Greatness
 Patrick Mcgee
When Mexican President Felipe Calderón meets with President Bush today, he is expected to discuss his plans to improve prospects for Mexican workers so fewer of them will try to come to the United States.
Strained Ties With Mexico Flare Up
 James C. McKinley Jr.
Just a few days before President Bush was scheduled to land here on Monday for bilateral talks, the Mexican Foreign Ministry sent an angry diplomatic note to the United States for a matter so trifling it was almost comical.
Campus Antiwar Movement Begins to Make Its Mark
 Ron Jacobs
Folks often ask, rather cynically, where are the students protesting the war? Well, the answer is that they are there. The fact that folks off campus do not hear about these events does not mean that they aren't occurring. What it does mean is that the media is choosing not to cover them.
Corn Market Squeezes Nation´s Poorest
 El Universal
The community of Macuilxóchitl, which means "five flowers" in Náhuatl, has 2,865 residents. For decades, roughly 1,000 of them have earned a living by making tortillas and selling them in the markets of Oaxaca City, the state capital. But in January, the price of tortillas spiked.
The Day Pancho Villa Raided the US
 Daniel González
An army of 500 soldiers, led by Mexico's notorious, mustached revolutionary Pancho Villa, overwhelmed the border town of Columbus, N.M. The raid, 91 years ago this week, was the last time the continental United States was invaded.
Mexico's Treatment of Illegals Criticized
 Jeremy Schwartz
As Mexican officials vigorously defend the rights of Mexico's immigrants in the United States, Mexico faces criticism of its own treatment of Central American migrants, who often encounter corrupt officials and inhumane conditions.
Bush to Court Mexico's Calderón
 Chris Hawley
He wants a bigger role in the world. He's been putting a new emphasis on the military. And he's got oil - lots of it. Could the new, conservative Mexican president be the antidote to Venezuela's American antagonist, President Hugo Chavez? President Bush is hoping so.
Kidnapping Fears Holding Many Mexicans Hostage
 Dane Schiller
On Thursday, President Felipe Calderón called for life imprisonment for kidnappers who mutilate or kill their victims. The change was proposed as part of an anti-crime package he'll send to Congress.
Bush Won't Engage in Fight With Chavez
 Tom Raum
In a part of the world where the U.S. invasion of Iraq is particularly unpopular, Bush is not talking much about the global war on terror.
Mexico Key Stop on Bush's Trip
 Oscar Avila
The opportunity to jump-start U.S.-Mexico relations couldn't come soon enough for President Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon when the two meet for their first summit Tuesday as part of Bush's swing through Latin America.
Mexican Machos Resort To Fists Against Strong Women
 Franz Smets
Many Mexican women continue to experience domestic violence from a very early age, even as the world celebrated the 30th anniversary of International Women's Day on Thursday.
Women in Mexico Politics Lacking in Numbers
 El Universal
While women have increased their presence in politics in recent years, they still suffer from a lack of representation on all levels of government.
Day Labor Sites are Hot Spots in Immigration Fight
 Dianne Solis
Around the nation, day labor sites for casual laborers have operated for years with little fanfare. But increasingly, they're flash points in communities coast to coast, as residents and anti-immigrant groups take matters into their own hands and nonimmigrant workers complain that they're getting pushed out of jobs.
Officers Outgunned on U.S. Border
 Jerry Seper
Violence along the U.S.-Mexico border is undergoing what U.S. law-enforcement authorities call "an unprecedented surge," some of it fueled by weapons and ammunition purchased or stolen in the United States.
Clashes Mar Bush's Latin America Tour
 Terry Wade
Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators in Brazil's largest city on Thursday as thousands protested against a visit by President Bush aimed at winning friends in Latin America.
Death In The Desert: How Families are Consoled When Bodies are Found
 James Randerson
The discovery of Rosa Dominguez Cano's desiccated body in southern Arizona on Christmas Day 2002 was the tragic culmination of a heartbreaking story.
"They Love Us Here": American Migrants in Mexico
 Foundation for Study of Independent Ideas
Writing for Dissent, Sheila Croucher spent time with a growing American community in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and asked, "To what extent do these American migrants assimilate into Mexican society?" She discovered that "the answer is minimally."
U.S. Informants Take Part In Murder And Drug Running in Mexico
 Jesse Hyde
The story of what happened at the House of Death, dubbed as such by the online publication Narco News, has been told in bits and pieces since The Dallas Morning News first broke it three years ago, but the complete story has never been told, at least not by the mainstream press.
U.S. Gov’t Slams Mexico Impunity, Torture
 US Gov’t Slams Mexico Impunity, Torture
The U.S. State Department said this week that a culture of "impunity and corruption" persisted in Mexico and gave rise in 2006 to more murders, kidnapping, torture and arbitrary arrests.
Bush Set to Begin Latin America Trip
 Letta Tayler
Seeking to mend relations with neglected neighbors and counter the influence of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, President George W. Bush starts on a weeklong swing through Latin America that skeptics call too little, too late.
Army Medic Gets 8 Months for Desertion
 George Frey
A U.S. Army medic who said he believes war is morally wrong and refused to return to Iraq was convicted of desertion Tuesday and sentenced to an eight-month prison term, far short of the maximum seven-year sentence.
Older Seniors Return North
 Haya El Nasser
Retirees who flocked to Florida and other warm states are making a U-turn, challenging communities in the Northeast and Midwest that already are grappling with the needs of an aging population.
The Claim and the Conflict
 David Lord
Too often, Veterans are made to fight a new battle for their rightful benefits after returning wounded to America. This situation can only get worse as shrinking budget projections have caused the VA to re-examine all areas of veterans' disability claims.
US-Mexican Border is a Blurry One
 Marc Lacey
When it comes to the environment, it is difficult to say where Mexico ends and the United States begins. Air pollution knows no borders, and heavy rains in Tijuana send sewage and industrial waste down the Tijuana River into the United States.
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