SAMUEL N GILBERT

US immigration policy: To build walls or bridges?

Al Jazeera English
As construction of the border wall continues, so does the flow of undocumented migrants hoping for a better life. On the night of Halloween in 1999, Carmen Caballero, who was
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Is this the end of prison for profit in the US?

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The decline and growth of the private prison industry in the United States. Last August the US Department of Justice released a statement that they would begin the process of
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Lowriders Are the Beating Heart of Chicano Culture in the Southwest

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Outside El Santuario De Chimayo, 20 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Arthur “Lowlow” Medina leans forward on his wooden staff.

The local artist and one of the pioneers

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Aliens on the mind: Roswell and the UFO phenomenon

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New Mexico commemorates the anniversary of a supposed alien spacecraft crash in 1947 and an alleged government cover-up. Roswell, New Mexico - Each summer, thousands of people descend upon the
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The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Bomb Blast

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A outdoor museum at the White Sands Base, housing the varieties of missiles and rockets tested in the White Sands Missle Range located south of the Trinity blast. All photos
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Inside a Mayan healing ceremony

Al Jazeera

Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala – At the Cofradia de Conception in Santiago Atitlan, Juan Ramirez, 28, sits pensively on a wooden bench, his outstretched leg held gently by Don Juan Pacach,

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The ghosts of New Mexico’s abandoned mining towns

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New Mexico, US – During the mining boom of the 19th century in New Mexico, thousands migrated to remote parts of the state, establishing towns to exploit the region’s rich

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The gold mining ghost towns of the US

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New Mexico, US - Outside Tony's Rock Shop in the sleepy town of Magdalena, in New Mexico, Ben Valentino Otero stands amid a menagerie of animal statues, two wooden eagles,
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Inside the Abandoned Ghost Towns of New Mexico

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<p“You can’t imagine how many houses there were here,” says Ben Sisneros, looking up the Pecos River Valley to the Great Plains beyond.

“There used to be bars, stores, schools.

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