Tucson Weekly features excerpt from Dr. Rubio-Goldsmith's new book, Migrant Deaths in the Desert: La Vida No Vale Nada

La Vida No Vale Nada Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert, published by the University of Arizona Press, addresses the tragic results of government policies on immigration. The contributors consist of a multidisciplinary group dedicated to the thousands of men, women, and children who have lost their lives while crossing the desert in search of a better life. Each chapter seeks answers to migrant deaths, speaking to the complexity of this tragedy via a range of community and scholarly approaches. The activists, artists, and scholars included in this volume confront migrant deaths and disappearances in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as they reflect...