Shepherds of the floc
NORTH CAROLINA - A new movement wants to establish that the Haw River has its own independent, inalienable rights. It’s a long shot, but organizers hope it can change the framing of environmental protection.
Article by Tina Vasquez
Photos: Roderico Y. Díaz for The Assembly
Changing A River’s Course
NORTH CAROLINA - A new movement wants to establish that the Haw River has its own independent, inalienable rights. It’s a long shot, but organizers hope it can change the framing of environmental protection.
Article by Barry Yeoman
Photos: Roderico Y. Díaz for The Assembly
Between Place and Party
NORTH CAROLINA - Charles Graham has rejected party orthodoxy, gone internet viral, and run a dozen points ahead of the Democratic ticket. Now, his bid for an upset congressional victory highlights the challenge for North Carolina’s moderate rural Democrats.
Article by Barry Yeoman
Photos: Roderico Y. Díaz for The Assembly
The Contested Swamps of Robeson County
NORTH CAROLINA - A behemoth natural-gas facility, sitting atop a disrupted archeological site, represents the latest environmental challenge for one of the state’s most diverse yet burdened counties. But the debate over history, benefit, and protection is far more complicated than it first appears.
Article by Barry Yeoman, Photos: Roderico Y. Díaz for The Assembly
in Guatemala, Justice Prevailed in Emblematic Wartime Sexual Violence Case
GUATEMALA CITY - Maya Achí survivors and their families celebrated the groundbreaking verdict that convicted five former paramilitaries of crimes against humanity during the country’s internal armed conflict.
Photo Essays by Roderico Y. Díaz for NACLA US
After Lengthy Court Battle, Five Ex-Paramilitary Soldiers Convicted for Sexualized Violence against Indigenous Women in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY — In late January, in a landmark case for justice in Guatemala, five former paramilitary soldiers were convicted by a special tribunal of crimes against humanity for sexualized violence committed against five indigenous Maya Achí women in the early ’80s
Text by Emily G. Rhyne and Roderico Y. Díaz. Photo Roderico Y. Díaz for: Women’s Media Center (WMC)
Varias organizaciones y comunidades alrededor de Carolina del Norte han realizado diversos eventos en los últimos días para conmemorar el Día de Muertos, una tradición que muchos países en América Latina celebran para honrar a los difuntos y particularmente en México que resalta por su colorido y tradiciones culturales.
Nota y Fotografía Roderico Y. Díaz para Qué Pasa Media Network