United States, Cuba to Renew Diplomatic Talks

Today, President Obama announced that the United States and Cuba will resume talks to better build diplomatic relations. The announcement comes on the heels of the release of American Alan Gross, who had been in captivity in Cuba for the past five years. The United States, in turn, released three Cuban spies who had been imprisoned […]

Racial Profiling Book: The New Global Mexican by Marina Garcia-Vasquez

Photos by Carlos Alvarez Montero Statistically, Mexican Americans make up 10.9% of the United States’ population with over 34 million documented Americans, making the US home to the second largest Mexican community in the world, second only to Mexico itself.  With all this in mind, Mex and the City and photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero came together to curate a portrait […]