Juárez: Bleeding But Still Breathing A Few Miles From New Mexico, The Border Town Is Struggling For Normalcy Amid A Drug War, Corruption And Exodus Walking through downtown Juárez, only steps from the border, Maria Vargas is unable to conceal her frustration and sadness. Where tourists and shoppers [...] Maren Tarro \ Mar 19, 2009 Feature Narco-culture in Juárez: The car’s sticker reads "Hecho en el Kartel," which means "Made in the Cartel." It’s a riff on stickers that usually read "Hecho en Mexico," or "Made in Mexico." (Maren Tarro)
Bite: Campfire Tomatillos This weekend, on a testosterone-heavy desert camping sojourn, our friend Spencer enlightened us about a high school epiphany he once had: that Salsa [...] Evan George and Alex Brown \ Mar 19, 2009 Food
In Other Words Nmsu Student Uses Poetry To Fill In The Blanks Left By Sparse Reporting On The Drug War Naomi Ruth Estrada, a 27-year-old English major at NMSU, was frustrated with the national media’s sparse reporting on Mexico’s violent drug war. So [...] Maren Tarro \ Mar 19, 2009 Feature
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Indonesia— Fundamentalist anti-porn protesters are threatening to ban a traditional Indonesian folk dance because it allows female dancers to expose their “erotic” [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 19, 2009 News
The Daily Word 03.13.09 You have to read this triple hit-and-run story to understand how messed up it is. This guy used to joke about burying women [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 19, 2009 Blog
Idiot Box: “Who’s Got The Pilot?” Stars Line Up For 2009 Season Last year’s crippling Writers Guild strike signaled an end to TV’s traditional pilot season. Stuck with sagging ratings and crummy shows, however, the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 19, 2009 Film
Flashquiz: Maybe I Drink Too Much Before you hit the bars this weekend, rate your drinking and see if you’ve got a problem. Happy Friday! Laura Marrich \ Mar 19, 2009 Blog
Week In Sloth The Week In Sloth “The Office” (KOB-4 8 p.m.) Apparently, Michael has been at Dunder Mifflin for 15 years, and he’s got big plans for his anniversary. [...] Alibi \ Mar 19, 2009 Film
Hipsterdom Marks The Death Of Culture God bless Douglas Haddow. He’s written the most concise, well reasoned critique of what is perhaps this nation’s worst, most despicable counter-culture movement: [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 19, 2009 Blog
I On Books (Ep. 5) A wild dog mauls our fearless book reviewer while she discusses Real Sofistikashun by her former mentor, Tony Hoagland. (There has to be [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 19, 2009 Blog
