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Environment
What's for lunch: Under pressure from climate change, The World takes a global tour of our changing lunchscape
The World
August 02, 2013
What’s for lunch? It’s a question almost everyone asks every day, but also one that most of us don’t have to think much about. But climate change will have a big impact on what's for lunch (and dinner and breakfast) around the world.
Sports
If Mexican boys dominate global youth soccer, why don't they grow up to win the World Cup?
The World
June 12, 2014
You would think the Mexicans have a shot at World Cup glory ... that is, if you watch the Mexican boys teams. But the men typically disappoint. PRI's The World reporter Jason Margolis finds disillusioned Mexican fans have several theories why.
Arts, Culture & Media
Want to study and become a mariachi musician? In Mexico, now you finally can
The World
March 24, 2014
For Mexicans who wanted to become mariachi musicians, there used to be just one path: learn it by playing it. For the first time in Mexico now, musicians are starting to teach mariachi in school.
Dj Rupture drops new Cumbia Mix
March 17, 2014
Globe-trotting, theory-dropping DJ/Rupture has just released a new mix of cumbia on his soundcloud page. And to our GREAT pleasure, it is comprised entirely of “cumbia cumbia, not nuevo cumbia.” Not to say that we have any problem with the ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17340/dj-rupture-drops-new-cumbia-mix/"> Read more »</a>
Hip Deep Mexico Tumblr
March 26, 2014
Want to see more photo and video brought back from our producers journey to (and through) Afro-Mexico? Well, you are in luck, because they’ve arranged their materials in a killer Tumblr page, made exclusively to chronicle their trip. Check it ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17550/hip-deep-mexico-tumblr/"> Read more »</a>
Environment
Should Mexicans in Acapulco stay and fight climate change or give in and leave?
The World
April 28, 2014
Six months after Tropical Storm Manuel devastated Acapulco, the resort's tourist areas are back to normal. But it's a different story behind the scenes: local residents say the government prefers to move them than build new climate defenses.
Ticket Giveaway! 5/23! LOS MASTER PLUS (Guadalajara, MX) + GEKO JONES + EL MALITO @ Club EUROPA
May 20, 2014
On Friday, May 23, at the incredibly Polish Club Europa in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Electric Cowbell and Barbes presents one of the craziest cumbia duos Mexico has produced to date: Los Master Plus, from Guadalajara. We couldn’t be more hyped to offer a ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/18585/ticket-giveaway-523-los-master-plus-guadalajara-mx-geko-jones-el-malito-club-europa/"> Read more »</a>
Global Politics
When undocumented migrants photograph their own journey across the border
The World
June 10, 2014
Many photographers have documented the journey that migrants make through Mexico to the US. But this new project gave the cameras to the migrants themselves.
Global Politics
Locals say checkpoints along Mexico's southern border mean endless commutes and shake-downs
The World
October 27, 2014
The flood of young Central American migrants streaming across the US border over the past year has slowed to a trickle. One of the reasons may be Mexico’s increased border enforcement along its southern border with Guatemala. And that's creating headaches for Mexicans living near that border.
Economics
How returning home to Mexico gets complicated after years in the US
The World
March 26, 2015
In this small city in Mexico's Yucatán, the choice between staying near family or earning more in the United States leaves some people restless.