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Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos incoming editor is interested in continuing the journal's foundational mission, while finding new ways to increase MSEM’s visibility throughout Mexico and to intensify interdisciplinary dialogue within the pages of MSEM.

Author Kevin Lewis O'Neill discusses his new book "Unforgivable," the first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders.

Author Camilo Sanz discusses his book "Cancer Intersections," on access to neoliberal, market-based oncological treatments in Colombia, a country where all patients are legally guaranteed access to medical services.

In Mexico today, thousands of families are searching for loved ones who have disappeared amid the violence associated with “the war on drugs.” Trade agreements like NAFTA created conditions that allowed criminal organizations to thrive—and ordinary people have paid the price.

A special issue of California History commemorates the centennial of the Border Patrol and the Immigration Act of 1924, and offers important historical perspective on our current political moment.

We honor Hispanic Heritage Month through poems by South American poets from the upcoming THE SERPENT AND THE FIRE, the final poetry anthology from Jerome Rothenberg and co-edited with Javier Taboada.

First-gen scholar and author Stephanie L. Canizales discusses the inspiring stories of the migrant youth at the center of her work, the research and writing process for Sin Padres, Ni Papeles, and how to better support first-gen scholars.

Jennifer Robin TerryThis year's Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Article Prize was awarded to Jennifer Robin Terry for her article, "Niños por la causa: Child Activists and the United Farm Workers Movement, 1965–1975," published in Pacific Historical Review. Drawing on a wide variety of

Celebrating 25 years of REFRIED ELVIS with the first of two posts focusing on the monumental book.

Every year the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) awards the Antonia I. Castañeda Prize to recognize historical scholarship that examines the intersections of class, race, gender, and sexuality, as it relates to Chicana/Latina and/or Native/Indigenous women. This year, hist