The brutal attack on journalists working at Charlie Hebdo was an attack on journalists everywhere. The terrorists who stormed the …
Staying Silent Is Not Our Business
Journalists: Take a Stand
I love being a journalist. It’s the only profession in the world in which your job description suggests that you …
Mexico Can Withstand Two Volcanoes
Mexico is embroiled in a crisis of violence, impunity and corruption. And the worst part is the dreadful suspicion that …
RISE UP: REBEL OR DIE
The powerful are not invincible. These days everything we need to rise up against dictators, abusive authorities or inept presidents …
The Call for Mexico’s President to Resign Is Growing Louder
Many Mexicans are demanding the resignation of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Thousands, in fact. Why? Because Peña Nieto has proved …
Mexico’s Massacres, Met With Silence
“I don’t think pictures can lie . I’ve seen the newsreels, the photographs .” – Octavio Paz, quoted in “Massacre …
A Lack of Preparedness
When we met last week, Dr. Aileen Marty wouldn’t shake my hand. As I extended it to greet her, she …
A Strange World
“What a strange world.” Lately, it seems I hear comments like this several times a week. For those of us …
The Other Mexico
“When I am, I am another .”- Octavio Paz, “Sun Stone” On a recent trip to California, Mexican President Enrique …
The Myth of Equality
This summer, as Americans subjected themselves to buckets full of ice water dumped on their heads in order to raise …