Email Author Russell Cobb

Awards

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published January 10, 2008

  "Wet Foot, Dusty Foot"

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2008 Stories by Russell Cobb

• Mescaline on the Mexican Border

  published February 14, 2008

  Mauro Morales picks his way through mesquite trees and prickly pear cacti. The 65-year-old cautiously steps around a thicket of... More >>

• Immigration: Cubans Enter U.S. at Texas-Mexico Border

  published January 10, 2008

  Enveloped by darkness, a tractor rumbles down the hills that surround Cuba's western coast. The tractor pulls a cart loaded with a makeshift... More >>

• Immigration: Luck of the Draw

  published January 10, 2008

  Juan Martinez strolls through the parking lot at the Carlingford Apartments, a sprawling complex in southwest Houston, carrying a plastic sack... More >>

• Immigration: The Boss Nun

  published January 10, 2008

  La Posada, a refugee shelter near the Texas border, is a pretty cosmopolitan place for the Rio Grande Valley. Along with Cubans, there... More >>