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Q&A with Glenda Flores, author of "The Weight of the White Coat"

Author Glenda M. Flores on the medical school journey of Latina/o physicians.
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Native peoples and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Q&A with Jennifer Bess

Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?
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A History of Torture in Mexico's War against Subversives

In the same way that impunity reigns today, it reigned supreme in 1970s Mexico. Gladys McCormick writes about how state-sponsored torture became routine practice in the Mexican government's war against subversives.
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