| May 10, 2017 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingOften, when world powers pick fights with seemingly powerless countries, they learn that even small dogs have sharp teeth — as President Trump is finding out in his ill-fated war with Mexico. His scheme to wall off Mexico is collapsing because most people here in the...
| Nov 2, 2016 | Peace / SecurityEvading security cameras in the remote expanse along the U.S. border, three Guatemalans waited till dusk to slip illicitly into our country. This is the stuff of Donald Trump nightmares — and if he were to witness such a scene, we can only imagine the furious rants...
| Jun 8, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyI recently stayed with a friend who lives just a few miles from the Mexican border — and from the start of the Pacific Crest Trail. Since I was there anyway, I thought, what the heck? I might as well hike a bit of it. I’d walked less than a quarter mile from the...
| Apr 20, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyReaders of The Boston Globe were recently treated to an unusual spectacle — a parody front page and insert filled with mock stories of how a Donald Trump presidency might play out. “Deportations to Begin… Riots Continue,” read one headline, riffing on the...
| Feb 24, 2016 | Rights / Democracy“We’re going to do the wall,” Donald Trump told a cheering crowd of supporters in a victory speech following the South Carolina Republican primary. He was reiterating his fanciful promise to wall off the entire U.S.-Mexico border — and force Mexico to pay...
