Fronteras Desk News
Poor students now make up a majority of kids in public schools in the west. That’s according to a recent study from the Southern Education Foundation. But as the rate of poverty in schools has gone up, the amount of state funding for students hasn’t kept pace. So school leaders in Flagstaff are left to fill that gap.
Nov. 6, 2013
Mexican Coke exported to the U.S. will keep it's recipe, even as Coke in Mexico could change.
Nov. 6, 2013
The agency decided to reject changes to its use of deadly force policy against rock throwers, vehicle assailants.
Nov. 5, 2013
A second immigrant activist who surrendered at the Texas border as part of a group protest in September has been deported back to Mexico. Meanwhile, a growing number of immigrant allies are turning against the group's tactics.
Nov. 5, 2013
It's estimated that 7.4 million people in the Southwest will be buying insurance on their own under the Affordable Care Act. Approximately 60 percent of those purchasers will be eligible for help with their insurance bill in the form of tax credits next year.
Nov. 5, 2013
Meet the newest chapter in an age-old American story. Since the days of “The Jungle,” immigrants have been the backbone of factories built by the U.S. meatpacking industry. The newcomers flock to rural towns where the plants have been relocated, and the workers consist of migrants from parts of Asia, Africa and Central America.
Nov. 5, 2013
Mexico is asking, who is a woman seen beheaded on a Facebook video? No one has said they recognize her and no family members have spoken up.
Nov. 5, 2013
Since 1980, when the first meatpacking plant was built in Garden City, immigrants and refugees have streamed into town, lured here by the promise of steady – if brutally hard – work and a better life.
Nov. 5, 2013
Poverty in the U.S. is no longer relegated to the ghettos and barrios of the inner cities. Today, more poor people can be found living in the suburbs than the cities. Hidden in the midst of seemingly middle-class neighborhoods, the poor population is harder to find and harder to help.
Nov. 5, 2013
A violent former cartel leader was murdered at a children's party. The killers dressed as clowns. Clowns gathered for a clown convention in Mexico say they had nothing to do with the murder.
Nov. 5, 2013
Petitions for political asylum from Mexican nationals have quadrupled since 2009. There's little chance of gaining asylum.
Nov. 5, 2013
State Dep't issues offers multimillion dollar reward for information on the whereabouts of Rafael Caro Quintero. He was convicted in the 1985 murder of a DEA agent but released on a technicality this summer by Mexico.
Nov. 4, 2013
Spanish-speaking fans of the popular cable television series "Breaking Bad" will get the get the chance to watch a remake of the show next year. While most of the characters and storyline will stay the same, the Spanish-language show will air under a new name, "Metástasis".
Nov. 4, 2013
The news from across the South Texas border is bad. The Associated Press and others report 13 people are dead as a result of three separate gun battles in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.
Nov. 4, 2013
Congressman Darrell Issa is expected to propose an immigration reform bill that would give temporary legal status to immigrants in the country illegally.
Nov. 4, 2013
In a growing college town like Flagstaff, it’s often a struggle to find both low income housing and student housing. A new project for off-campus housing at Northern Arizona University may result in the eviction of more than 50 families at a nearby trailer park.
Nov. 4, 2013
The week's best stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
Nov. 2, 2013
Abortion clinics across Texas are closing after the fifth circuit court of appeals reversed a federal court decision that blocked a portion of Texas’ controversial abortion law.
Nov. 1, 2013
Statistics from the Census Bureau names the border city of Brownsville, Texas, as the poorest city in the United States.
Nov. 1, 2013