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Vol. CLV, Issue 3
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Recontextualizing images of violence

Nana Kumagai, Columnist October 7, 2021

On Monday, Sept. 20, the White House criticized border patrol after images of police chasing Haitian immigrants circulated online. For the past several weeks, all the way until the end of September, thousands...

Life, Death at U.S.-Mexico Border

Life, Death at U.S.-Mexico Border

Julia Stone August 29, 2013
Julia Stone and Sean McNulty detail their two-week trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, learning about the political, economic, environmental and social issues involving the Southwestern border region.

No More Deaths focuses on humanitarian crisis at border

Julia Stone April 5, 2012
While immigration is a highly contested political issue, six Whitman students who spent one week on the US-Mexico border reveal that immigration and border control is a humanitarian issue as much as it is a political one.
Illustration: Julie Peterson

No More Deaths reveals humanitarian issues close to home

April 5, 2012
Whitman students discover humanitarian issues close to home during their work on the US-Mexico border, suggesting that we often look to far abroad when thinking about activism.
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