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Is There Value in Discussing Environmental Justice at a Global Scale?
May 12 2025
Examining the case of Colombia, author Alexander Huezo, discusses the challenges and opportunities of applying a global environmental justice framework outside the U.S. communities where it began.
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"Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" Announces Christian Zlolniski Award for Best Early-Career Article
Apr 29 2025
MS/EM's early career article award, which has been renamed in honor of its most recent emeritus editor, is now accepting self-nominations.
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Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!
Apr 22 2025
UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.
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Meet the New Editor of "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos": Matthew Butler
Feb 28 2025
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos incoming editor is interested in continuing the journal's foundational mission, while finding new ways to increase MSEM’s visibility throughout Mexico and to intensify interdisciplinary dialogue within the pages of MSEM.
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Q&A with Kevin Lewis O'Neill, author of "Unforgivable"
Feb 25 2025
Author Kevin Lewis O'Neill discusses his new book "Unforgivable," the first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders.
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Q&A with Camilo Sanz, author of "Cancer Intersections"
Nov 25 2024
Author Camilo Sanz discusses his book "Cancer Intersections," on access to neoliberal, market-based oncological treatments in Colombia, a country where all patients are legally guaranteed access to medical services.
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Free trade’s legacy of grief for families of the disappeared in Mexico
Nov 11 2024
In Mexico today, thousands of families are searching for loved ones who have disappeared amid the violence associated with “the war on drugs.” Trade agreements like NAFTA created conditions that allowed criminal organizations to thrive—and ordinary people have paid the price.
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One Hundred Years of Border Control
Nov 01 2024
A special issue of California History commemorates the centennial of the Border Patrol and the Immigration Act of 1924, and offers important historical perspective on our current political moment.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through Poetry
Oct 08 2024
We honor Hispanic Heritage Month through poems by South American poets from the upcoming THE SERPENT AND THE FIRE, the final poetry anthology from Jerome Rothenberg and co-edited with Javier Taboada.
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Q&A with Stephanie L. Canizales, author of Sin Padres, Ni Papeles
Sep 04 2024
First-gen scholar and author Stephanie L. Canizales discusses the inspiring stories of the migrant youth at the center of her work, the research and writing process for Sin Padres, Ni Papeles, and how to better support first-gen scholars.
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