By Daniel Lichtenstein-Boris I can’t remember her name. It might have been Frida. She had worked for Hilton in Pasadena for 35 years after immigrating
Forward to Freedom: Refugees Travel North Through Mexico
As the summer sun’s heat hit the waiting area of the Oaxaca de Juarez bus terminal, families slept on blankets and cardboard boxes between seats
Dispatch from Southern Mexico: Oaxacan Teachers Fight for Civil Rights for Indigenous Students
Daniel Lichtenstein-Boris It was 7:30 in the morning, June 7, 2023. A charter bus next to the Zocalo, Oaxaca de Juarez’s central city plaza, dropped
Mexican Teachers Unions on the Move
Daniel Lichtenstein-Boris Several hundred Oaxacan teachers gathered early in the morning on Monday May 15th, National Teachers Day, outside the San Cosme metro stop in
Fists Up! Pens Down! LA Is a Union Town
Stories from the Writers Guild of America Picket Line Daniel Lichtenstein-Boris On May Day this year, thousands of immigrant workers, unions, and progressive organizations rallied
War and Confusion
Conspiracies, lies All that matters Is a baby’s night cries Her mother is working Two jobs to survive. Look in her eyes What does she