Democracy’s Dream and La Bestia

by | Jun 30, 2018 | Film, Immigration

When Rebecca Cammisa chose the title for her 2009 documentary about “The Beast,” a train that migrants use to cross Mexico coming to the U.S., it was directedly pointed at the passengers. “Which Way Home” chronicled the story of a handful of...

The Serenity Experiment

by | Feb 10, 2018 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness

The other day I was sitting in my office when one of my students, Rima, walked in and asked if I would be interested in going to Honduras. Rima is the president of my university’s student chapter of Medical Brigades, an “international movement of students and medical...