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Written by GREG COOK Posted July 23, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, Visual Arts

Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, comic, Dave Ortega, grandmother, Graphic Novel, immigrant, Mexico, slider

SPLIT FAMILY: WITH A BORDER BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND A WIFE, A FAMILY CONSIDERS MOVING BACK TO MEXICO

Written by MIGUEL HERNANDEZ MERCADO Posted August 1, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Me and my wife were both applying for our residency together,” Ruben says. “But her dad got sick. She went back to Mexico and took care of some of his business after he died. I got my residency in 2015. She got a 10-year ban from the United States when she left seven years ago.”

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THE CASE OF EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO POINTS TOWARD A GRIM FUTURE FOR PRESS FREEDOM

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted May 16, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, Media Farm

Gutierrez knew they were serious. In April 2007, he shared a byline with a reporter named Armando Rodriguez. The story was about a third reporter, Saul Noe Martinez Ortega, who “was found wrapped in a blanket and appeared to have been dead for several days, possibly after his kidnapping that took place last Monday, April 16, in the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, Media Farm Tagged With: Donald Trump, Emilio Gutierrez Soto, immigration, Journalism, media, Mexico, Molly Molloy, narcotraficantes

EL PALMAR, EAST BOSTON

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted March 13, 2018 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

A street food spot that even the food nerds don’t know about

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Caribbean, Central American, east boston, El Palmar, El Salvador, hidden eats, Mexico, South American

SPECIAL FEATURE: AGING IN THE SHADOWS

Written by TIBISAY ZEA Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

SPECIAL FEATURE: AGING IN THE SHADOWS

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: aging, Boston, Donald Trump, east boston, El Planeta, immigration, Massachusetts, Mexico, seniors, TPS

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