Esther Honig

Journalist

A public service announcement encouraging face masks is flanked by marigolds and terciopelo flowers at Mercado de Jamaica.

In Mexico, shuttered cemeteries mean financial ruin for thousands of flower farmers

November 2, 2020Jobs

Day of the Dead is usually one of the most profitable times of the year. Families buy dozens of flowers to build altars at the graves of their deceased loved ones. But in October, news broke that many cemeteries in Mexico would be closed to the public due to rising COVID-19 cases.

How a community in Ohio is stepping up when deportations split families

March 27, 2017Economics

Somali Americans recently gathered at a banquet hall in Columbus, Ohio, to celebrate Somalia’s new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

Why some Somali Americans are cheering for their home country’s new president

March 2, 2017Global Politics

This Kansas high school student must pay back $3,000 after smugglers helped him leave Guatemala

March 8, 2016Education