As the ethanol debate heats up, Mexico’s corn farms are caught in the crossfire. Reporter Malia Wollan discovers that increasing demand for corn-based biofuel in the U.S. is driving up the cost of Mexico’s staple food, the tortilla.

Democratic Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may still be in a dead heat after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, because there are not enough delegates to make a difference; but Clinton is gaining on Obama in polls tracking general appeal.

OVER HERE is a half-hour documentary made by six local high school students about the WWII homefront as seen through the eyes of New Yorkers who were themselves teenagers at the time. It was was commissioned by Thirteen as part of the outreach effort for THE WAR, and produced under the guidance of Reel Works [...]

Few things embody Chicano culture quite as thoroughly as the murals of Boyle Heights in East LA. Explore the art, people and places that define Boyle Heights’ contradictory and promising history.

What does it mean to be Latino? The producers of American Family asked writer Ruben Martinez, UCLA linguistics professor Otto Santa Ana, and Fordham University sociologist Clara Rodriguez to address that question. In the essays that follow, you’ll find that their answers were all very different.

José Clemente Orozco experienced the carnage and duplicity of the Mexican Revolution, the hardship following the New York stock market crash in 1929, and rising fascism in Europe. He emerged with an aesthetic and moral vision unparalleled in 20th-century painting. Discover the story of Mexico’s legendary muralist.

Until his accidental death at the hands of the LAPD, Ruben Salazar gave voice to many Mexican-Americans on issues of social justice, civil rights, and community empowerment. His reporting for the Los Angeles Times probed the Chicano community and attempted to answer the question: Who is a Chicano? Watch this video about Salazar’s life and [...]

Sam Pollard, director of the new American Masters film “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” describes the process of making the film, what he learned, and what he hopes viewers will take away after watching it.

How to secure the U.S.-Mexico border is a hugely contentious issue in the immigration debates shaping the 2008 presidential race. A panel of experts discusses the challenges of securing the world’s most frequently-crossed border and the immigration policy agendas heating up the campaign trail.
Panelists include Jorge Bustamante, of Notre Dame University; Emilio Gonzalez, director [...]

A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors and rewrites much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization. Watch the full episode online.