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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.

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.

In their insistence on reworking what labor means and how it is experienced, women workers in Bengaluru offer significant insights into the time, space, and meaning of work under startup capitalism.

American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United States, anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte boldly embarked on a journey in the opposite direction—following the

Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco celebrates the erotic performance cultures that have shaped San Francisco. It preserves the memory of the city's bohemian past and its essential role in the development of American adult entertainment by highlighting the contributions of