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Texas Denies US Born Babies Birth Certificates

Here’s a piece I did for teleSUR English on recent events regarding the legal status of babies born to undocumented parents in Texas. Texas Denies US Born Babies Birth Certificates July 25, 2015 Ever...

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Searching for the Disappeared in Coahuila

A new piece I wrote for Warscapes. August 8, 2015 This Mother’s Day, Hortensia Rívas Rodriguez wasn’t at home enjoying brunch with her family. Instead, she traveled from her home in Piedras Negras to...

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Ayotzinapa, Paradigm of the War on Drugs in Mexico

Dear friends, I share with you today a new afterword to the forthcoming Spanish edition of Drug War Capitalism, as well as a six-minute Q&A (and a more extended online only interview) I did earlier...

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Interviews & Update

Hello all! It has been far too long since I updated here. I’ve been working on a new project (details soon) in the north of Mexico, traveling here and there to talk with all different folks about Drug...

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Violence is at the Heart of US Drug War Policy in the Americas

Here’s a piece I did for teleSUR on the eve of the UNGASS talks in New York last week. This piece is part of a longer piece I am working on that looks at the economics of narcotics prohibition and the...

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NACLA Roundtable on Drug War Capitalism

Dear readers, This month, NACLA Report on the Americas has dedicated a chunk of the issue “Currency of Death” to my book Drug War Capitalism. Here’s a snippet from the editorial: Few texts have more...

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 A Growing Grassroots Movement in Mexico Is Resisting the US-Backed Drug War

Dawn Paley, September 29, 2016, The Nation The small copper horseshoe Mario Vergara Hernández keeps in the pocket of his jeans isn’t there for good luck. It has another purpose altogether. “Since I...

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The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis

Dawn Paley, The Nation, December 21, 2016. It took a few tries before the taxi driver taking me to meet Lorena Cabnal found his way to her address. We drove up and down streets along the outskirts of...

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It’s been a minute

Dear friends, It’s been a busy year, and as you can tell I’ve neglected to update my website. Mostly, I’ve been writing my dissertation. But I’ve also published a few things here and there. In...

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Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?

Hello friends! I’ve got a new piece up today in The Nation, reported from Torreón, Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo. Also sharing a link to a recent piece in NACLA Report on the Americas on land searches for...

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