Stephen Byrne

As a Mother

By Stephen Byrne. Claudia Gómez González hoped for an education. She was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas instead.

Hummingbird

By Stephen Byrne. Aly Diabate was a child forced to grow cocoa beans. He never even tasted chocolate.

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