For Day of the Dead, One Mexican Town Digs Up Its Dead

Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new ...

Families honor the dead at Día de los Muertos ceremony first started in Sherman Heights 31 years ago

For Día de los Muertos (or Day of the Dead), which was observed on Sunday, Sandoval returned to the Sherman Heights Community Center where she had once volunteered. She went to honor her father, a ...

Mexico’s Day of the Dead: A night of candles, flowers and returning souls

Families gather to keep company with their dearly departed celebrating the Day of the Dead at the cemetery in Arocutin, ...

Latino businesses face economic fallout as immigration enforcement ramps up in Portland area

At La Imperial Bakery in Hillsboro, October typically brings a rush of customers eager to celebrate Día de los Muertos, the ...
Religion Unplugged

‘Only Death Can Protect Us’: How La Santa Muerte Reflects Violence In Mexico

When a life-size skeleton dressed like the Grim Reaper first appeared on a street altar in Tepito, Mexico City, in 2001, many passersby instinctively crossed themselves. The figure was La Santa Muerte ...