Over the next month, three nations mired in political, economic and social discord will pause to co-host the world’s best soccer players and millions of their fans. Along the shared borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico, people steeped in two cultures are looking beyond conflict to don the colors of their native or chosen homes – or maybe both.

Nearly 1,900 people vanished in and around Mexico’s second-largest city. Some clandestine graves lie near the soccer stadium.

In a webinar on journalist safety and preparedness featuring José Zamora, CPJ’s regional director for the Americas, moderated by palabra, recommendations were offered on how to safely cover the event.

In an exclusive interview with “palabra,” the acclaimed Mexican author discusses his new book, “The Game at the End of the World,” and analyzes the evolution of the rivalry with the U.S., the weight of migration on the pitch, and the consolation of a fanbase that, while knowing its team rarely wins, never stops cheering.

Nelson Molina collected 55,000 discarded objects and turned them into a one-of-a-kind gallery in East Harlem. After the pandemic forced it to close, the city has yet to decide its fate — and its creator fears everything will end where it began: forgotten.

As DACA Renewals Stall, Dreamers Find Support in Online Lifelines, and Face the Possibility of Unemployment, Detention, and Deportation.

A Latino journalist explores a Japanese scene that could fit in Latin America; one in which workers find relief through headbanging, power chords, and an alter-ego.

Music transcends boundaries, and sometimes oceans. and in Japan, salsa, cumbia, and reggaeton have found a second home.

palabra. spoke with the authors of a new book that examines the work of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio through the lens of activism

Before the lights of the “Aztec Stadium” flicker on for the FIFA World Cup, southern Mexico City undergoes a transformation, leaving many affected and dissatisfied.