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Binational Encuentro: Female Migrations (an interview with Violeta Luna)

October 10, 2018October 6, 2018 by Norah Booth

Binational Encuentro: Female Migrations “initiates a conversation among collaborating artists, scholars, and community leaders reflecting on the concepts of border, territory, migration, displacement, and movement through the lenses of gender and sexuality.” Participants from Tucson, Phoenix, Douglas and Mexico City will gather in Tucson and Douglas, Arizona, from October 11-19 for this multi-cultural event. Details …

Motion Hearing in Nogales Border Shooter Retrial: Fairness Questioned

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 by Norah Booth

Picture of images of burning candles that were painted onto the border wall in Nogales

A federal court convened again over the cross-border shooting death of Jose Antonio Rodriguez by Border Agent Lonnie Ray Swartz. The hearing was held in Tucson on Monday morning, August 13, 2018. Both sides presented motions to be ruled on by Judge Raner Collins. Defense wants the two charges of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter dismissed–which …

Commentary: Verdict in Nogales Border Patrol Shooting

April 26, 2018April 20, 2018 by Norah Booth

By Norah Booth The shooting death of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez on October 10, 2012, was the U.S. Border Patrol’s sixth cross-border killing of an unarmed Mexican citizen. The Mexican government requested, routinely, that the accused be extradited to Mexico for trial. Routinely, the U.S. government denied this request. Would this be the first …

Student Activists Vindicated by Mexican-American Studies Court Ruling

January 8, 2018January 3, 2018 by Norah Booth

In what may be a definitive rebuke of racism “in both enactment and enforcement,” U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled last week that the Arizona law prohibiting courses specifically designed for certain ethnic groups is illegal. In 1998, in the face of dismal graduation rates for minority–and especially Hispanic–students, a panel of education experts …

I Harassed Men

December 17, 2017December 6, 2017 by Norah Booth

graffiti image with a cat and the words "Cats Against Catcalls"

I wasn’t alone. About ten of us were sitting on the grass outside, facing a Boston street. It just happened. Nothing was planned. We were all dorm mates at a music college summer program, a long way back. We were enjoying the sun and chatting among ourselves. A good-looking guy walked past and the group …