Wandering the Huasteca
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"Tracy Barnett is a bilingual journalist with original ideas, a formidable intelligence and the ability to distill complexity into colorful, compelling writing that is a pleasure to read — in English and in Spanish."
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Featured Stories

True Jazz: A week in the Lower Ninth Ward with the volunteers who are rebuilding a community reveals the deeper rhythm of New Orleans. With video. . . more >>

Wandering the Huasteca: Towering waterfalls, ancient monoliths, a pit full of swallows and a surrealist's dream are just a day's drive south of the border in the Huasteca Potosina. With video. . . more >>

California Coasting: From Hollywood to the Haight, a trip up the California coast offers opportunities for disaster -- and for natural redemption. With multimedia blog. . . more >>

Honey and Blood: Reflections on the former Yugoslavia, from the scarlet-marked shell scars in Bosnia's streets to Mary's apparition in Medjugorje, from Croatia's Old Town on the Dalmatian Coast to the Medieval hamlets of Montenegro. With slide show. . . more >>

Story of a Survivor : It would have been easy to forget Katrina amid the merriment of the French Quarter. A twist of fate, however, put me into the back seat of Hector Trau Jr.'s van and forced me to see the face of a much different New Orleans. . . . more >>

The Other Gulf Coast: Most Texans are content to stop at Padre Island or Port Aransas. But a 12-day road trip south of the border was an eye-opening look at a whole other coast. . . more >>

A Hard-Won Peace: Chile's human rights tours and independence day celebration give a revealing glimpse into a country's healing process. With slide show. . . more >>

Crucible of Cultures: I awoke at 4:30 to the otherworldly call to prayer, mingled with the cry of seagulls. Was it all a dream? Then I touch the amulet around my neck...I had fallen in love, just as I knew I would. With slide show. . . . more >>