Texas

April 05, 2019

Survivors of WWII Japanese incarceration camps are on the other side of the barbed wire now, but some say they want the world to know that they will not sit idly by and watch injustice happen again.

Immigration

Tough commute? Try crossing the US-Mexico border to go to school

PRI's The World

April 04, 2019

Students at the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, are getting up extra early to make it to class on time — because about 70 percent of the student body lives in Mexico and crosses the US-Mexico border every day.

Immigration

Trump’s aid cuts to Central American countries could total $700 million

Reuters

April 01, 2019

The US government cut aid to Northern Triangle countries after President Donald Trump blasted the countries for sending migrants to the United States.

Immigration

Why are so many migrant families arriving at the southern US border?

PRI's The World

March 28, 2019

The number of migrant families is unprecedented, and it seems like a paradox at a time when the Trump administration has focused on deterrence. So why are they arriving all at once?

Global Politics

How Ciudad Juarez is bracing for more migrants under US ‘remain in Mexico’ policy

PRI's The World

March 22, 2019

The border city is a case study in how Mexican municipal and state-level officials are charged with handling the effects of increasingly restrictive US immigration policies largely on their own.

Immigration

Statue of Liberty climber says she's not done protesting 'white supremacy'

PRI's The World

March 18, 2019

Therese Patricia Okoumou has scaled public monuments, including the Statue of Liberty, to bring attention to the detention of undocumented immigrant children.

Therapists help migrants in San Antonio through trauma after detention

PRI's The World

February 06, 2019

Two psychotherapists from San Francisco put their skills to use in an unlikely place: a San Antonio bus station where newly arrived migrants were being released by ICE, with few resources.

Putting the legend of Pancho Villa to song

PRI's The World

January 31, 2019

Pancho Villa's legendary drama became the perfect subject for an opera created by composer Graham Reynolds called, "Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance."

In Texas border town, skepticism ahead of Trump visit to push wall

Reuters

January 10, 2019

US President Donald Trump on Thursday is headed to McAllen, Texas, on the Mexican border in an attempt to win support for his wall a day after another acrimonious meeting with Democrats on funding for the barrier. But residents along the border have expressed skepticism over Trump's claim that a wall is needed.

Immigration

Illustrator's sketches from a border bus station show a 'miserable, degrading and demeaning' experience

PRI's The World

December 25, 2018

Illustrator Molly Crabapple spent evenings at the McAllen, Texas bus station, where many migrants arrive after being released from custody. This is what she saw.

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Global Politics

What's the Matter with Kansas...This Time?

Studio 360

February 18, 2011

Arts, Culture & Media

Dallas

Studio 360

February 18, 2011

Conflict & Justice

Examining Libya's military forces

PRI's The World

February 24, 2011

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Reva Bhalla of the global intelligence company, Stratfor, about how loyal Libya's military is to Muammar Gaddafi and what role it might play in the coming days.

Fair Game - Episode 20071031 - Segment 2

October 31, 2007

Dev Hynes, previously of the London-based band Test Icicles, performs live in the Fair Game studios, and talks about his new project, Lightspeed Champion.

Arts, Culture & Media

Fair Game training

February 20, 2008

Faith tells high school student Ali Charania what it takes to be a writer on Fair Game.

Conflict & Justice

Texas border

February 27, 2008

Faith talks to University of Texas at Brownsville student Ryan Tauber about the Department of Homeland Security's proposal to build a fence along the U.S. - Mexico border that would bisect his college campus.

Global Politics

Texas Chicken Bingo

March 03, 2008

News analyst Jessica Vitkus examines the tight Texas Democratic primary contest and the unique "Chicken Bingo" game that some Texans are using to predict the winner.

Global Politics

Tuesday primaries

March 05, 2008

Faith shares her thoughts on last night's primary contests in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.

Global Politics

Chicken bingo revisited

March 05, 2008

Faith talks with Ginny of Austin's Longhorn Saloon about the game called ?Chicken Bingo? that patrons used to predict the winner of the Texas primary.

Arts, Culture & Media

Gay-Bi-Gay-Gay

March 12, 2008

Faith talks to Silky Shoemaker about the South By Southwest spin-off festival she co-founded in Austin, Texas, known as GayBiGayGay.