Sarah DeVries would argue that women have been playing nice to get equality and justice for millennia now. And just how well has that worked?
Opinion
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These are good times for Mexico’s venerable pawnbrokers
The pandemic, a struggling economy and scores of impoverished refugees have added up to ample good cheer for pawn shops.
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AMLO’s energy goals unnecessarily demonize private competition
Allowing competition but protecting the entrenched sole provider is like holding a race and telling participants they can’t use their legs.
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‘Don’t come’ rings hollow to migrant hopefuls who are out of options
People desperately struggling to find safety, food and shelter will always play the odds to get to where they’re most likely to survive.
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Case for legalizing marijuana is not as straightforward as its advocates say
Advocates claim a low risk of harm from the drug and cite the benefits of prising the trade from the grip of illegal cartels.
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A ray of hope in the pursuit of a functioning criminal justice system
There are few positive narratives about Mexico’s criminal justice system but Mexico City’s local investigative units offer a ray of hope.
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Inoculation a hard sell when vaccines inspire more fear than the virus
As numerous nations pause their use of the Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Sarah Davies contemplates how quickly emotions can override facts.
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Mexico’s bureaucracy fixers thrive on the system’s impenetrability
Getting a government document in Mexico can be a bureaucratic nightmare, hence the rise of the coyote, who somehow cuts through the red tape.
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President López Obrador fails to recognize his woman problem
For a president who promised respect, tolerance and peace, it looked last week as if he was at war with half his country — women.
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NASA’s hunt for life’s origins on Mars echoes an ongoing search in Mexico
In the Chihuahuan Desert’s Cuatrociénegas Valley, Mexican scientists are studying the evolution of extraterrestial life in the universe.
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International Women’s Day highlights work still needed on gender equality
Gender parity, safety, femicide: half of Mexico’s population have some concerns they’d really like to see the nation properly address.
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Mexico’s increasingly complicated immigration policy (dilemma)
The president nimbly dealt with the issue of Mexican workers in the US last week but punted on the thornier issue on its southern border.
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Despite visible reminders of poverty, Mexico’s affluence trends upward
Late-model cars and well-stocked supermarkets are everyday signs proving what statistics show: Mexico’s poverty rate is mostly declining.
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When that green stoplight sends our kids back to school, we must be ready
A plan for safe in-person classes, vaccines for teachers, and keeping schools out of bankruptcy will all be crucial. Just how ready are we?
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President’s policies fatally undermine the energy companies he needs for funds
AMLO dreams of times when Pemex was a cash cow. Yet those days are long gone, and his policies all but guarantee they will remain so.
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Mexican conglomerate pulls out of landmark sale of its core business
Orbia — formerly Mexichem — had decided its vinyls business no longer fit with its vision. But then the latest financial results came out.
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Texas freeze heats up López Obrador’s energy self-sufficiency plans
Crazy as it sounds, the Texas freeze was manna from heaven for President López Obrador’s nationalistic energy ambitions.
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Please accept your vaccine so all our lives can go back to normal
Vaccines promise a pathway out of the Covid-19 pandemic, but how do we reach herd immunity in our communities if too many refuse the shot?
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Sustainable climate solutions require facts, not strong beliefs
The world needs cleaner energy, one that is abundant, clean, cheap and efficient. But what’s the best way to achieve that?
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Healing the US-Mexico border divide calls for ingenuity and some chutzpah
A teeter-totter briefly installed at the U.S.-Mexico border wall in 2019 symbolizes the mindset needed for positive immigration solutions.
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Mexico City’s plastics ban doesn’t factor in the capital’s economic divide
Most eco-friendly alternatives to disposable products aren’t cheap, especially when Covid-19 has done a number on many people’s income.
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As Biden and AMLO reexamine immigration policy, balance is key
Writer Sarah DeVries hopes Mexico and the U.S. can keep migrants’ humanity in mind, yet also not create an open invitation at the border.
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With state-led, fossil fuel-powered energy vision, Mexico on a worrying course
López Obrador is contravening trade deals, hurting investment, damaging consumers and betraying climate change commitments all at once.
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Mexico’s pandemic optimism falls flat after president catches virus
Mixed messaging, positive spin have been hallmarks of the Covid crisis.
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Daily life in safe, idyllic Comitán is a reminder of the ‘old normal’
Carlisle Johnson heads for this hidden Chiapas gem when in need of a break somewhere that reminds him of Mexico as it was before Covid-19.
