Todd Bensman
Todd Bensman has worked as a newspaper, television and magazine journalist for more than 20 years, domestically and overseas. He serves as an investigative projects reporter for Hearst...
Reporter's Dispatches
A Mexican cop in search of sanctuary
AUSTIN, Texas — One day in April of last year, four-year police veteran Jose Alarcon and his partner, Capt. Felipe Galindo, detained two armed...Read more >
AUSTIN, Texas — One day in April of last year, four-year police veteran Jose Alarcon and his partner, Capt. Felipe Galindo, detained two armed...Read more >
Mexico’s "business class" refugees
SAN ANTONIO — Hard work and acumen earned Pierre Oliver Gama Valdes fabulous affluence at 34. As a Mexican living in his country’s...Read more >
SAN ANTONIO — Hard work and acumen earned Pierre Oliver Gama Valdes fabulous affluence at 34. As a Mexican living in his country’s...Read more >
Stanford scam bilked Jews out of millions
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Over the past 15 years, Kadima, a Jewish charity in Mexico City, has helped developmentally disabled Jews live to their...Read more >
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Over the past 15 years, Kadima, a Jewish charity in Mexico City, has helped developmentally disabled Jews live to their...Read more >
Featured: Special Projects
After the Fall:
20 years since the Berlin Wall came down
Life, Death and the Taliban:
Videos and stories
Study Abroad:
Students report from the road
Living in the Shadows:
An intimate look at China's migrant workers
A World of Trouble:
The global economy in 20 hotspots
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