In ‘Liliana’s Invincible Summer,’ Cristina Rivera Garza gives a searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact

The legal concept of femicide — the murder of a girl or woman based solely on her gender — has percolated all-too-slowly around the globe, with governments lagging behind a widespread desire for justice. In 2012 Mexico enshrined femicide in its penal code and then, eight years later, appointed its first attorney general tasked with prosecuting these cases. In the thick of the COVID pandemic, as domestic-partner violence spiked (including... + full article