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On the Migrant Trail: A Reflection on Border Deaths, Policy, and Transformation
The seven-day, 75-mile Migrant Trail Walk has spent 20 years challenging U.S. border policy. More than 30 people are at it again in one of the hottest…
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Todd Miller
A Growing Public Health Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Alexander Tenorio on Border Wall Injuries
Listen now (28 min) | “I feel it’s my duty to notify the world of the atrocities that are occurring because of the border wall extension, and the…
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Melissa del Bosque
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Open Thread: What Are Your Concerns, Thoughts, and Hopes about Water Issues in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands?
We have a question for you, dear readers: How important are water and rivers in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands? Is water scarcity and the health of…
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Todd Miller
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The Border Narrative Machine: A Reflection on a Lost Debate at Yale
 • Todd Miller
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Ducey’s Shipping Container Wall Comes Down, but the Damage Is Done
 • Melissa del Bosque
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Left to Die: Deterrence, Death, and Rescue in the Borderlands
 • Todd Miller
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Arizona Governor’s Shipping Container Wall Grinds to a Halt as Protesters Settle in for Christmas
 • Melissa del Bosque
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Gov. Ducey’s Illegal Shipping Container Wall is Worse Than You Can Imagine
 • Melissa del Bosque
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Join us on Thursday May 25 to Discuss Water, Climate, and the Border
How big of an issue is water in the borderlands? Please help us answer that question along with a panel of experts from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico…
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Todd Miller
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Breaking the Vicious Media Cycle
As Right-Wing Media and Fearmongering Ramps Up, a Border Filmmaker Challenges the Dis-content Creators
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Melissa del Bosque
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Reporter’s Notebook: A Photo-Essay from the Border Industrial Complex as Title 42 Lifts
What policy shift? It’s business as usual for the border-enforcement machine as shown at the Border Security Expo in El Paso.
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Todd Miller
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Pushing Back: Reporter Patrick Strickland on Europe’s Violent Borders
"When you allow the right to asylum to be chipped away, you’re not just doing it to other people. You’re doing it to yourself, too."
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Melissa del Bosque
Into the Heart of Narcopolitics and Journalism: A Podcast with Melissa del Bosque
Listen now (48 min) | Border Chronicle founder Melissa del Bosque talks at length about a harrowing article she wrote about the murder of Mexican…
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Todd Miller
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21st Century Journalism is Hard
AI didn’t write this—just two journalists who need your help.
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Melissa del Bosque
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Todd Miller
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: After Title 42, U.S. Border Enforcement Will Push Further South
When Title 42 phases out on May 11, expect the further export of U.S. “prevention through deterrence” into Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Todd Miller
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