Instead of shaming others about using straws better to focus attention on the big offenders, the ones who are producing and selling those products.
Stories by Sarah DeVries
It takes a pueblo: family support was key during postpartum depression
There’s a kind of organically emotional and structural support for mothers and children in Mexico that our North American neighbors don’t get to experience.
Whistled at, taunted, touched and grabbed: a snarky lesson for cat callers
Harassment sucks, but what sucks more is that so many men don’t seem to realize that it’s something they seriously shouldn’t do.
Migrants are doing what any one of us would do in their situation
But Mexico suffers from ‘migrant fatigue;’ travelers are disrupting an already-stressed society, not for the purpose of disruption, but out of desperation.
Public embarrassment, praise one approach in corruption fight
Combination of humor and publicity that the era of social media has brought make for a potent fusion for encouraging change.
Driving in Mexico like a video game in which you have only one life
Poor infrastructure, absence of effective transit authority and lack of driving school culture make driving an adventure.
If it’s possible to earn more as a beggar, what’s the scandal?
Dirty people with pleading eyes and ragged clothes that make you feel guilty for your state of non-misery are much easier targets of our own angst.
Sure, there are other pressing matters, but why shouldn’t Spain apologize?
Apologies for things that happened long ago in which the perpetrators were entire countries are not unprecedented.
