Politics

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.

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

A New Jersey restaurant owner’s detention by ICE shut down his family’s business and upended their lives, thus ending their American dream

Employers collect all kinds of personal and private information about them, and there are concerns about how and for what purposes that data is used.

How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?

A planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces.

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.

How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?

The Trump administration deported fewer Mexicans in 2025 than in recent years. But new data shows cartel violence — not just economic hardship — is now driving migrants from regions wracked by criminal gang warfare.

Lilia Rubio went from washing dishes in Utah to working with international heads of state. Now, she tells her story.

In a district where Trump made gains and Democrats search for answers, Bobby Pulido is trying to build a coalition of churchgoers, working-class families, and former Republicans.

Despite political rhetoric and higher visa fees, visitors from Mexico are a booming, bright spot for U.S. border economies, driven by family, shopping, and deep-rooted ties.

"He was his best friend," says the attorney for a distraught El Paso man whose dog was killed inside his own home during an immigration check that found no wrongdoing.

A gold mine in Mexico's Sonoran desert was taken over by the sons of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Mexican officials and military generals said they would help an American businessman reclaim the mine — after hefty bribes. For one man, reclaiming the mine was more than a business proposition. It was a reckoning with his past and a chance to pay back the orphanage that raised him.

State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies, while officials in South Tucson have emphasized support and services.

Domestic surveillance: Military-grade drones deployed over demonstrators for first time since 2020.

In arid New Mexico, a massive data center campus promises jobs, but residents fear it will drain their most precious resource: water.

Naturalized citizens fearing ICE's tactics and racial profiling now carry their passports as a shield, questioning what it truly means to "belong" in the United States.

In a city shaped by shifting tides, the Kentucky Club has survived it all — from Prohibition to pandemics — by holding fast to its famous margarita and its status as a cross-border sanctuary.

From a converted shipping container in Arizona, analysts turn tech that was once used on far-off battlefields into a key tool for border enforcement.

How a progressive president became an unlikely partner in Trump’s hardline immigration policy.