The international idea of who counts as a refugee is over half a century old. But today the lines between "refugee," "migrant," and "illegal border crosser" have all begun to blur.
A woman walks through a roadblock mounted by supporters of the LIBRE opposition party in the El Carrizal neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on January 27th, 2019.
Earlier this month, two trucks from the caravan disappeared in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
Honduran caravan members look through the fence at the United States–Mexico border wall at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, California, on November 18th, 2018.
The policy doesn't work when migrants are fleeing for their lives.
Migrants carry the flag of Honduras while on a caravan of immigrants en route to the Mexican border on October 18th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Lawsuits challenging earlier TPS cancelations charge the Trump administration was guided not by calculations over the nations' safety, but by racism.
With more than 90 percent of the world's plastic going unrecycled, garbage patches the size of Mexico are cropping up around the world. Can they ever be cleaned up?
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.
Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017.
Students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras clash with riot police during a demonstration on July 25th, 2017.
The murder of environmental activist Berta Cáceres leaves many demanding answers.
Think the fallacies in America's health care debate are slippery? Try catching the red herring that's fouling up U.S. press coverage of the Honduran coup.
