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Alan U. Dalul reviews a children’s book based on the Indigenous Mexican folklore around death, dying, and the underworld. “Family unity and peace are perhaps the most relevant topics besides the central themes of grief and death, maybe even more on some pages. Lopez delivers a story that celebrates life and reminds us there is always a light at the end.”
In Bolivia’s highland city of El Alto, a row of vibrantly-colored cliff-side homes is the center of a stand-off between traditional healers and city officials, as experts warn that ongoing erosion has made the situation increasingly dire while residents refuse to abandon their residences.
At least 180 elderly, many of whom were Vodou practitioners, were massacred in Haiti over the weekend because a gang leader believed they were causing his son’s illness.
TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2024, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against the trans community.
Brazil’s battle over the land rights of Indigenous communities also exposes how Christian evangelical movements are undermining religious freedom and eroding Indigenous culture
Did the virtue of This Goddess of the Mountain Waters fail us? After a walk along the river after the disaster from Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina, Prof. Enrique Gomez a resident of the areas, sees lessons in nature and in the stories of Mexica ancestors.
