Nov 03 Watch Why novelist John Irving’s latest protagonist is a fiction writer By PBS News Hour In novelist John Irving’s new book, “Avenue of Mysteries,” a poor child in Mexico picks up books from out of the trash and grows up to be a prominent American writer. Irving joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss what distinguishes his… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch 6:21 Sandra Cisneros looks back as a writer in search of home By PBS News Hour Writer Sandra Cisneros has spent her entire life searching for a sense of belonging, a search chronicled in a new essay collection, “A House of My Own: Stories From My Life.” She sits down with Jeffrey Brown at the Mexican… Continue watching
Oct 24 Hurricane Patricia fades to tropical depression after crashing into Mexico By Joshua Barajas, News Desk Hurricane Patricia toppled trees and battered buildings after crashing into western Mexico Friday evening, but the Category 5 storm, which was briefly rated as the strongest hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere, skirted major cities and caused much less… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 4:05 How the ingredients for a catastrophic storm came together for Hurricane Patricia By PBS News Hour Hurricane Patricia may be one of the most dangerous storms to ever hit the Western Hemisphere, with winds of 190 miles an hour. William Brangham learns more about the forecast from Bob Henson of Weather Underground. Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 5:46 Hurricane Patricia makes slow-motion assault on Mexico coast By PBS News Hour Police and fire units combed the Mexican resort community of Puerto Vallarta Friday morning, urging people to flee Hurricane Patricia, which has been called the strongest storm ever seen on the continent. David Alire Garcia of Reuters talks to Judy… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 7:48 Mexican priest offers shelter for Central American migrants on a perilous path By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 U.S. deports fewest immigrants in nearly a decade By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to government figures obtained by The Associated Press. Continue reading
Sep 25 The time I found death, innocence and a sense of fierceness in Mexico City By Adriana Zehbrauskas I spent two years photographing a Mexico City neighborhood called Tepito, also know as El Barrio Bravo "The Fierce Neighborhood."… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 4:54 Accidental killing of tourists highlights Egypt-U.S. tension over military aid By PBS News Hour On Sunday, 12 tourists were accidentally killed by Egyptian government forces, who mistook the group for Islamist militants and fired on them with an Apache helicopter. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 1:48 How to protect the vulnerable eggs of Mexico’s sea turtles? Drones. By PBS News Hour More commonly, aerial drones can be used by governments for spying on enemies. And now in Mexico, they're being used to keep an eye out for and protect unhatched sea turtles. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching