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"We Bring Fear"

A reporter flees the biggest cartel of all—the Mexican Army.

July/August 2009 Issue

Exodus: Border-Crossers Forge a New America

Coyotes, pollos, and the promised van.

September/October 2006 Issue

Born Into Cellblocks

In the penitentiary of Nuevo Laredo, children do time with their mothers—and the cartels.

May/June 2006 Issue

Born Into Cellblocks

In Nuevo Laredo, children do time with the cartels.

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Dennis Kucinich: Little Big Man

The totally unpresidential, but strangely appealing, campaign of Dennis Kucinich.

November/December 2003 Issue

Charlie Kernaghan, Keeper of the Fire

He made Kathie Lee Gifford cry and made the Gap treat its workers better. Now Charlie Kernaghan plans to put an end to sweatshop labor altogether.

July/August 2003 Issue

Outback Nightmares & Refugee Dreams

When a few thousand men, women, and children sought asylum in Australia, the Welcoming Country responded with prison camps, tear gas, and forced relocation to distant island jails.

March/April 2003 Issue
 

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