Articles By: Eduardo Barraza

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.

Judge weakens SB 1070, puts on hold law’s punching effects aimed at immigrants in Arizona

DISRUPTED EFFECT At least temporarily, SB 1070 is loosing its punching effects until the law has its day in court. Photo by Eduardo Barraza/Barriozona Ruling does not eliminate the entire SB 1070 law, rather prevents its most damaging provisions. Phoenix, Arizona, July 28, 2010 – As a threatening...

July 29th, 2010 | Immigration | Read More

Legal battles pile up against Arizona’s SB 1070 implementation

Phoenix, Arizona – As Arizona prepares to begin enforcing what has been called its most radical immigration-related law, the legal battle to prevent its implementation on July 29 is also in full motion. Today, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to block Arizona’s law. The lawsuit...

July 7th, 2010 | Immigration | Read More

Thousands defy heat, walk winding route to protest SB 1070 in Phoenix

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. In 2006,...

June 3rd, 2010 | Featured, Immigration | Read More

Arizona worsens issue of immigration for playing enforcer of federal matters

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 1070, signed into...

April 28th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration | Read More

Hundreds of students, supporters from L.A. demand to Veto SB 1070

A massive walkout of Phoenix-area high school students and a bus-load of protesters from L.A., crowd Arizona Capitol’s lawn in support of the efforts to persuade Governor Jan Brewer to veto the controversial bill that has stirred concerns across the nation. View photo gallery

April 23rd, 2010 | Immigration, Racial Equity | Read More

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

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...

April 19th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration | Read More

Relentless pioneer cemetery evokes Mexican migrant workers roots in Arizona

The labor of thousands of peasants brought from Mexico into Arizona in 1917 contributed to the farming revolution that placed a new state on the path of progress and the workers on a historical dimension. Avondale. Arizona April 13, 2010. In the midst of the solitude of the Goodyear Farms Historic...

April 15th, 2010 | Employment, Featured, Racial Equity | Read More

Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenges march in Washington with largest crackdown on undocumented in Arizona

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 19th, 2010 | Immigration | Read More

Ernesto Yerena: A rising grassroots artistic force

We are Human Fist: Collaboration with Shepard Fairey visit http://hechoconganas.com 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...

March 16th, 2010 | Culture, The Arts | Read More

Teatro Nopalero: Seeking social change, justice and consciousness through theater

A group of young activist actors bring forth a theatrical approach to deal with social issues at the grassroots level. Phoenix, Arizona, February 1, 2010 – In the context of Arizona’s legislation and crackdown on undocumented immigration, Teatro Nopalero emerges as a developing alternative to...

February 2nd, 2010 | Culture, Featured, The Arts | Read More