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College students wearing bear costumes

College football hype can be lost in translation for international students

The World's Global Classroom

If you’re not from the US, football and its traditions can be bewildering. To help their international students, many universities now offer a crash course in the rules, scoring and, of course, fight songs. Shannon Young reports from football-crazed Boulder, Colorado, that the classes aren’t just to help international students understand football but American culture.

A nurse administers a shot to an elderly man wearing a white T-shirt and black pants at his home.

Dual citizens in Mexico seek vaccine options in the US as rollout lags

COVID-19
Sandra Martínez stands in a plant-filled patio of the Las Golondrinas Hotel.

Mexico’s battered tourism sector teeters fine line between economy and public health

COVID-19
Dressed in protective gear to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, a medical worker massages a patient, at a military hospital set up to take care of COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19 takes its toll on Mexico’s health workers

COVID-19
Shifting to face masks has been a survival move for many textile businesses in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Mexican artisans make face masks to stay afloat amid coronavirus    

A child looks at a TV screen in a living room with orange painted walls.

Pandemic learning in Mexico requires thinking outside the screen

Development & Education

Millions of schoolchildren across Mexico began the academic year this week in front of a TV. But teachers in Oaxaca say televised classes won’t meet fundamental educational needs and many families lack the technology to keep up, deepening Mexico’s socioeconomic divide.

Oaxaca's landmark Santo Domingo church and the former convent that houses the state's largest museum have been cordoned off as part of pandemic mitigation measures.

Megaprojects and austerity measures are transforming southern Mexico

Politics

The country’s economy is in a downward spiral as the coronavirus continues to spread.

A woman scrapes mortar off of a salvaged brick with a flat end of a chisel so the brick can be reused.

‘Symbolic rubble’ from crumbling adobe homes preserves the past and eases trauma after Mexico earthquake

Culture

Oaxaca is moving along with rebuilding after Mexico’s worst earthquake of the century. But some are hoping to slow down the process.

A man drives an oxcart past the rubble of what was once a traditional-style home in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.

In Oaxaca, thousands of aftershocks mean no one’s getting much sleep

Environment

On Sept. 7, a massive earthquake off of Mexico’s southern coast damaged buildings. And then a powerful aftershock a few weeks later finished some of them off. People in the region just want the earth to stop shaking.

María de Jesús Patricio, center, during her campaign launch for president of Mexico

Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president

Global Politics

María de Jesús Patricio is a traditional Nahua healer from southern Jalisco. Gender and heritage aren’t the only aspects that set her apart.