Tag: politics

  • The Farm They Cannot Leave

    The Farm They Cannot Leave

    On a tobacco farm outside Viñales, five generations of one family have worked land they do not own, building a life around horses, tobacco, and spring water. One child left to become a doctor, but for Miguel, Michelle, and Michael, the valley is more than home—it is the place they cannot imagine leaving.

  • Taken

    Taken

    Inside the families apartment, a father explains why his wife did not come home from work. A baby no longer sleeps through the night. A fourteen-year-old weighs whether it is safe to attend school. This is not a headline. It is a family adjusting to life after their wife and mother was taken.

  • After the Third Shooting, Minneapolis Asks What Comes Next

    After the Third Shooting, Minneapolis Asks What Comes Next

    The images are best experienced on a larger screen. In the bitter cold of late January, Minneapolis found itself once again at the center of national attention. This was the third time in recent weeks that federal immigration enforcement actions had led to gunfire on the city’s streets, and the second such incident to result…

  • How Many Memorials Can One City Hold?

    How Many Memorials Can One City Hold?

    At the site of an ICE shooting, mourners gather in silence as Minneapolis confronts grief, distrust, and the weight of yet another memorial.

  • Minneapolis did not wake up to a federal “operation” today. It woke up to a killing.

    Minneapolis did not wake up to a federal “operation” today. It woke up to a killing.

    I arrived shortly after an ICE agent killed a woman in Minneapolis. What follows is a firsthand account of what I witnessed as federal agents withdrew and the city gathered to bear witness.