Eduardo Barraza
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He is a multimedia journalist with over two decades of experience. When he began his career, he specialized in photojournalism working for various newspapers and magazines. Later, he established an international journalistic service that provided stories and photographs to publications in Mexico and the United States. Seeking to take his experience to a deeper level, Barraza founded the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues in 1998, which has evolved since then into a grassroots multimedia publishing agency, focusing on social issues affecting Latinos and other minorities. In 2002, he founded Barriozona Magazine, a bilingual print publication that in 2006 developed into an E-zine to reach a greater audience. Barraza is also the author of the book titled “The Shoes of the Immigrant and Other Writings”. As journalism continues to progress and is reinventing itself, Barraza has tapped into the use of digital resources to reinforce the power of a press that presents the voice of the people as opposed to “being the voice” of the people. As he sees new challenges arise for journalism, Barraza strives to uphold the true tenants of his beloved profession, among them truth, objectivity, and independence.

Blog Entries by Eduardo Barraza

The Other Border: Families Look for Missing Migrants in Mexico

Posted August 15, 2011 | 20:37:37 (EST)

Phoenix, Arizona - More than two thousand miles away from this city where rowdy protests about the immigration and border debate have taken place for years, an incipient grassroots movement is shaping a different debate at another border.

Deemed "Step by Step Toward Peace Caravan," this emerging movement is not...

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Dolores Huerta: Organizing Is the Only Answer

Posted January 13, 2011 | 17:15:50 (EST)

Longtime organizer and legendary Chicano Movement leader Dolores Huerta stresses the need for effective organizing and voter registration.

Phoenix, Arizona. January 11, 2011 -- Reached via telephone in her office in Bakersfield, California, organizer and Chicano Movement icon Dolores Huerta speaks about the the 14th Amendment, Ethnic Studies, Arizona, the...

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ASU Students Rally To Push Passage of Elusive DREAM Act

Posted December 3, 2010 | 08:39:49 (EST)

Tempe, Arizona -- A coalition of Arizona State University students and activists rallied Tuesday in support of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act.

If approved, the proposed legislation would allow thousands of undocumented students in the country to legalize their status, enter the...

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Family Values and Journalism Shaped ACLU of Arizona Director's Life, Leadership

Posted October 25, 2010 | 10:43:26 (EST)

Alessandra Soler-Meetze, director of the ACLU of Arizona, talks about her beginnings in journalism, her family influences, and her transition from a reporter's job with a major daily to becoming the leader of an strategic affiliate of the national civil liberties organization.

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Arizona Judge Weakens SB 1070

Posted July 29, 2010 | 08:09:37 (EST)

Phoenix, Arizona, July 28, 2010 -- As a threatening hurricane that weakens before reaching its path of destruction, the potential crackdown effects of Arizona immigration law SB 1070 were at least temporarily diluted by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton.

Judge Bolton's ruling does not eliminate the entire SB 1070 law, rather prevents its...

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Thousands Defy Heat, Walk Winding Route to Protest SB 1070 in Phoenix

Posted June 3, 2010 | 09:27:42 (EST)

Thousands of people marched from Steele Indian School Park to the State Capitol. The march took place exactly two months before SB 1070 in implemented, and more actions against it are expected in the next 60 days. Marches and protests in Arizona have been the rule rather than the exception....

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Arizona Worsens Issue of Immigration for Playing Enforcer of Federal Matters

Posted April 28, 2010 | 06:31:08 (EST)

Phoenix, Arizona. April 27, 2010 - Some people from Arizona, or those who have lived here for quite a while, may be appalled but not surprised about the dramatic turn the volatile issue of immigration has taken in this state during the last few days.

The passage of Senate Bill...

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Human trafficking mixing-up views on immigration to the United States

Posted April 19, 2010 | 15:37:58 (EST)

Victims of modern-day slavery are being brought here as human cargo, and destined for the most vile purposes as forced labor and prostitution.

Phoenix, Arizona. April 16, 2009 - There was a time when the common assumption about United States-bound immigration was about impoverished people crossing the border...

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Challenges March in Washington with Largest Crackdown on Undocumented in Arizona

Posted March 19, 2010 | 10:33:11 (EST)

As thousands travel to the nation's capital to push immigration reform, in Maricopa County the sheriff's department is launching a massive, county-wide operation to arrest undocumented immigrants.

Phoenix, Arizona, March 18, 2010 - As tens of thousands of people prepare to attend a multitudinous march in Washington, D.C....
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Ernesto Yerena: A Rising Grassroots Artistic Force

Posted March 16, 2010 | 16:30:57 (EST)

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This "golden boy" of social art has already created historic images. And he's just beginning.

For the thousands of people who have participated in recent pro-immigration marches and demonstrations in Arizona, the name Ernesto Yerena is not as popular as some...

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