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PHOTOGRAPH BY VICTORIA RAZO
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Haiti border migration: it started with a rumor, later proven false, that Haitian refugees could enter the United States through one spot on its border with Mexico. Thousands of migrants—mostly Haitian—made the trek to Del Rio, Texas, creating a huge migrant camp and prompting the Biden administration to seek direct flights from there to Haiti. The flood of refugees, which Del Rio's mayor said numbered more than 14,000, has epitomized the desperation to which people have sought U.S. entry in recent months, Tucker C. Toole writes for Nat Geo. (Pictured above, a Haitian migrant leaving the camp crosses the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, back to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sunday.)
Migration, continued: In Honduras, an increasing number of younger Hondurans are suffering through a “collective despair.‘’ As Anna-Catherine Brigida writes for Nat Geo, many are choosing to migrate. Others are battling against tough odds to make life better at home. And an increasing number are falling into depression. It’s a trend largely affecting the younger generation and creating concern among experts who are seeing an uptick in the number of cases among those suffering from depression who are struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Show some r-e-s-p-e-c-t: What’s the greatest song of all time? Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” according to Rolling Stone, which asked more than 250 artists, journalists, and industry figures. “Fight the Power” (Public Enemy), “A Change is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke), “Like a Rolling Stone” (Bob Dylan) and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana) round out the top five of 500 songs on the list.
Time capsule: Virginia’s governor is placing a new time capsule where the now-removed statue of Robert E. Lee once stood in Richmond. Among the 39 items going in the capsule— designed to reflect the "historic change...that led to the removal of these monuments”— is a copy of Nat Geo's "2020 Year in Pictures" issue, which features the statue with George Floyd projected on it (photographed by Kris Graves).
How a month marking Hispanic heritage began: A college intern struggled to get enough sponsors to expand a weeklong commemoration beginning Sept. 15 to a month. In 1988, he managed to add 67 members of Congress to 100 or so who already supported it. The bill extending the commemoration to a month passed Congress—and nine days later President Reagan signed it into law. “Every year when Sept. 15 rolls around, I smile to myself,” wrote that intern-turned-journalist, Robert J. Lopez, for the Los Angeles Times.
Award winner: A photo of a Greater Roadrunner stopped in front of a U.S. wall on the border with Mexico won the Bird Photographer of the Year award. Alejandro Prieto’s image bested 22,000 other entries in the contest, BirdWatching Daily reports. See the photo.
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