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Sarah Hill

Sarah Hill writes about Latin America, garbage and the economy of nature from Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she teaches anthropology and environmental studies at Western Michigan University.

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Law & Justice

Kavanaugh’s Charity Case

We already know how Brett Kavanaugh responds to human suffering.

Sarah Hill

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

The Sweet Life of Sidney Mintz

A tribute to one of the century’s great anthropologists and teachers.

Sarah Hill

Science & Nature

Beaches and Bombs

On vacationing in Vieques

Sarah Hill

World

The Americans Are Coming

Photograph: Sarah Hill The immigration official at Santiago’s Antonio Maceo Airport smiled

Sarah Hill

Blog

We're Going to Cuba! (Or Not.)

Travel to the island nation won't be what you're picturing.

Sarah Hill

Science & Nature

Burning China's Garbage

Protests against a new waste management system signals a turning point in Chinese environmentalism.

Sarah Hill

Philosophy & Religion

Roads to Utopia

Spain's Marinaleda appears to possess all the elements of a radical dream come true. Is it for real?

Sarah Hill

Cruz's Castro Complex

Cubans who happened to catch Ted Cruz’s fantasy filibuster last month (not that they had any way

Sarah Hill

Global Justice, War & Security

Juárez Rebounds . . . Sort of

From 2008 until 2011, Juárez was among the world’s most violent cities. 

Sarah Hill

Class & Inequality, Law & Justice

The War for Drugs

Neoliberalism and the war on drugs combine to ravage Juárez, Mexico, where traffickers, boosted by the economic effects of NAFTA, compete with security officials for control of the narcotics trade.

Sarah Hill

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