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As 30-foot walls go up, U.S. residents lose another important symbol of binational solidarity between the two countries.

Melissa del Bosque

Mar 21

The Importance of Cross Border Journalism: A Podcast with Kendal Blust and Murphy Woodhouse Listen now (39 min) | With media coverage shrinking, this two-person news bureau based in Hermosillo, Sonora, fills a vital role informing U.S. audiences about Mexico.

Mar 16

The connection between migration, poverty, violence, and corporate dispossession in Oaxaca. And the active resistance to them.

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Felicia Rangel-Samporano and Victor Cavazos founded The Sidewalk School, then a migrant shelter in Mexico. Now they also provide tech-support for a flawed U.S. immigration app.

Melissa del Bosque

Mar 14

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Mar 7

The story of a harrowing, multiday rescue of a stranded Guatemalan man in the frigid February Arizona desert that raises serious questions about the…

Mar 2

Laredo's Epic Battle Against Federal and State-Funded Border Walls: A Conversation with Tricia Cortez Listen now (46 min) | "It's an obscene amount of money to destroy 16 river miles," says Cortez of Texas' new border wall plan.

Melissa del Bosque

Feb 28

I lost the debate, I got hissed at, and I got a dose of humility. More importantly, I got a privileged view of how the national discourse works to shut…

Feb 23

"For many, there is no line to get into — no 'right way' to come to the U.S.,” Zak says.

Melissa del Bosque

Feb 21

The Colonial Border in the Maasai Mara: A Podcast Interview with Meitamei Olol Dapash Listen now (44 min) | The Maasai leader gives an on-the-ground look at the mass exodus of people from Tanzania after a violent land grab and talks about…

Feb 16

Warrantless Searches, Stops With No Probable Cause Are Un-American: A Conversation With Sheriff David Hathaway Listen now (51 min) | The second part of our in-depth conversation with the Arizona border sheriff

Melissa del Bosque

Feb 14

Reportage from where a private company and state-led border building converge to violently evict people from their ancestral land.

Feb 9

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