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Interview with Richard Marosi
Richard Marosi, staff writer for Los Angeles Times, talks about the challenges of covering news in Mexico and discusses his observations in regards to the situation faced by his Mexican counterparts . Morosi notes that people in Mexico City do not…
Interview with Richard Montenegro Brown
Richard Montenegro Brown, content editor for the Imperial Valley Press, mentions the differences in reporting on the border pre-9/11 as compared to now, noting how aside from the violence, environmental news is the most covered. When discussing new…
Interview with Roberto Delgado Escalante
Roberto Delgado, president of the Association of Journalists of the City of Juárez (APCJ), talks about his organization, one of the few generating funds from private real estate holdings. He outlines APCJ's mission to defend the rights of…
Interview with Rocio Gallegos Rodriguez
Rocio Gallegos, editor-in-chief at El Diario de Juarez and cofounder for the Juarez Journalist Network, narrates her experiences during the 2008-2012 wave of violence, describing the efforts of support and professional development taken on by the…
Interview with Rosental Alves
As director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas, Rosental Alves discusses his organization’s work in Mexico. Alves describes the situation in México as a crisis of violence and the need to assist…
Interview with Ruth Dickstein (University Libraries) on Women's Studies becoming a department on campus
Ruth Dickstein, University of Arizona University Libraries, discusses the politics becoming a department on campus and the important role that the Woman's Studies Advisory Council (WOSAC) played. She mentions that Women's Studies, as a program…
Interview with Samuel Kenny
Samuel Kenny discusses his work as Communications Director of the Mexican Commission of Human Rights. Kenny describes how defending human rights in certain areas of Mexico has become difficult. The issue of freedom of expression and whether it is a…
Interview with Sergio Haro
Sergio Haro, journalist with La Zeta, talks about his beginnings as a photojournalist and his experiences dealing with government corruption and organized crime. Haro mentions how with the arrival of the federal forces in the border area in 2012, …
Interview with Susan Aiken (English) on Women's Studies program at the University of Arizona
Susan Aiken, University of Arizona English department, discusses being one of the first individuals to be working in the field of Women's Studies, and how this work came to be seen as "cutting edge'".
Interview with Susan Philips (Anthropology) discussing the women's liberation movement and differences in how Women's Studies programs are founded
Susan Philips recounts her activism during the women's liberation movement and how that experience helped shape her desire to help found the Women's Studies program at the University of Arizona. Philips notes this was a merger of her political…
Interview with Timothy S. Gutierrez
Timothy S. Gutierrez, main anchor and managing editor of KGNS-TV (NBC/Telemundo/CW affiliate), talks about the challenges of reporting about the border, the quality of journalism as result, and about threats received over the years. He also mentions…
Interview with Verónica Guzmán Tapia
Verónica Guzmán Tapia, a reporter with El Mañana, talks about the environment in which journalism takes place in Matamoros, due to the violence and censorship in the area, giving a summary of the culture in the border region and how this feeds the…
Interview with Vicente Calderon
Vicente Calderón, editor of a news blog TijuanaPress.com, has spent over 20 years working in covering news on various media (radio, TV, and online) for audiences on both sides of the border. He discusses how his work on both sides influenced his…
Interview with Victor Hugo Castillo
Victor Hugo Castillo, freelance journalist, talks about the advantages that local journalist have when it comes to covering news stories, including knowledge of the language and local culture. Castillo warns against those who refuse to give the names…
Interview with Victor Ruiz Arrazola
Victor Ruiz Arrazola, journalist and attorney with Casa de los Derechos de Periodistas, talks about the legacy of censorship over the years and throughout the country, the role that sources of funding and the generalized violence play in the way the…
Irena and Lurena Ogden
Twin sisters Irena Ogden and Lurena Ogden, age 19, in McPherson, Kansas, 1910.
Irrigation canal along the Rio Grande
The canal, slightly obscured by vegetation, is bordered by a dirt road on the left. Most water from the river is used for irrigation. Canal reduces the flow within the river to minimal levels. As a consequence, many undocumented workers attempting to…
Irrigation ditch at ranch near Redford along the Rio Grande
Two large shrubs mark the beginning of an irrigation ditch that leads downward. In this area, the Rio Grande is dry, and many aliens attempting to cross suspect this ditch to be the river.
Items recovered from USS Arizona wreckage
A number of objects retrieved from the wreck of the Arizona. They are: halyard snaps (left and bottom) used to attach flags to a halyard line. second from left is an spent shell casing of a .50 caliber antiaircraft bullet; second from right is a .50…
Jake's Quick Lunch and Edward C. Jacobs Enterprises
Edward C. Jacobs Enterprises was located on 78 W. Congress near the Mesilla intersection. Next to Edward C. Jacobs was Jake's, a local family fast food joint.