Oaxaca

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

Pandemic learning in Mexico requires thinking outside the screen

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.

Pandemic learning in Mexico requires thinking outside the screen
Three nurses in Oaxaca, Mexico, dance and sing a song about washing one's hands.

'Die, bacteria, die': Mexican nurses croon in hand-washing PSA video

'Die, bacteria, die': Mexican nurses croon in hand-washing PSA video
Migrants sleep on the ground at dawn at the Hermanos en el Camino shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca. The buildings here are too damaged by the recent earthquakes to enter.

Mexico's earthquakes complicate life for Central American migrants fleeing violence

Mexico's earthquakes complicate life for Central American migrants fleeing violence
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

In Oaxaca, thousands of aftershocks mean no one's getting much sleep
coca cola ad

Mexico’s anti-discrimination agency investigates Coca-Cola for ‘racist’ Christmas ad

Mexico’s anti-discrimination agency investigates Coca-Cola for ‘racist’ Christmas ad
Farm book

What's it like to be a migrant farmworker? One anthropologist lived and worked alongside them.

"I’ll never feel the same about berries,'' says Seth Holmes. In “Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies,” he describes the bone-crushing work that he and Mexican migrant workers did to put fruit and vegetables on your table.

What's it like to be a migrant farmworker? One anthropologist lived and worked alongside them.
Migrant workers harvest corn on Uesugi Farms in Gilroy, California.

Obama's immigration plan might convince some farm workers to ditch the fields

If you want to see how the president's new rules on deportation may change many lives — and farm labor — head to California's vast Central Valley.

Obama's immigration plan might convince some farm workers to ditch the fields

Mexico faces problems of its own with undocumented people

Mexico requires parents to register their children when they're born in order to get a birth certificate. It's not done automatically, like it typically is in the United States. But many of Mexico's poorest people don't bother, which can leave those children disadvantaged for life.

Mexico faces problems of its own with undocumented people
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Helping Mexico's Undocumented People

Millions of undocumented immigrants live in the United States. Many came from Mexico but there are many undocumented Mexicans living in their own country as well. One man is helping Mexico's undocumented people attain their civic rights and dignity.

Helping Mexico's Undocumented People

Oxnard Group Trying to Make 'Oaxaquita' Epithet Illegal

Officials in the city of Oxnard, in the Los Angeles area have made it illegal to use the term "oaxaquita."

Oxnard Group Trying to Make 'Oaxaquita' Epithet Illegal

What's for dinner? Edible insects on the menu in San Francisco

A chef in San Francisco is hoping to encourage more people to eat insects rather than or as a supplement to meat. They've been on menus for centuries.

What's for dinner? Edible insects on the menu in San Francisco
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Bug Appétit: San Francisco's Pre-Hispanic Snackeria

Mexican chef Monica Martínez is getting ready to hit the streets of San Francisco with bug-based treats.

Bug Appétit: San Francisco's Pre-Hispanic Snackeria
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Geo answer

Today is Day of the Dead, and it's a big holiday in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the answer to today's Geo Quiz. Shannon Young sent us this audio postcard from Oaxaca City.

Geo answer