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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: Halloween
A food movement in the Rio Grande Valley and legendary Tucson organizer and visionary Isabel Garcia inspire and dare us to imagine something new.
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Todd Miller
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Pablo De La Rosa
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The Border Chronicle
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“Telling the Truth about Immigration”: A Podcast with Isabel Garcia
“What we allow them to do on the border, is what they will do to you.”
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Todd Miller
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They Grow the Food. So Why Are So Many Going Hungry?
In the Rio Grande Valley, a coalition of farmers, educators, and advocates is reimagining a food system built on justice, not scarcity.
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Pablo De La Rosa
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: October 24
A longtime border journalist confronts a democracy under siege, The Border Chronicle is growing, please take our survey! And the Coast Guard launches…
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Melissa del Bosque
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Todd Miller
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Melissa del Bosque
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Todd Miller
Writing in the Era of Exhibitionist Violence
A longtime border journalist reckons with a democracy under siege.
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Michelle García
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: October 17
Many are turning to Mexican folk healing in the borderlands in this uncertain era, and Cabeza de Vaca reincarnated as a cactus? An irreverent, surreal…
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Melissa del Bosque
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The Border Chronicle
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Cabeza de Vaca—Reincarnated as a Cactus
A newly available film tells the story of the borderlands' first conquistador from an unexpected point of view.
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Caroline Tracey
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Healing Traditions: How Curanderismo is Reviving Cultural Connection in the Borderlands
Mexican folk medicine is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. political climate.
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Pablo De La Rosa
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: October 10
Data Centers, Confluences, and some bonus happenings for those in the Tucson area.
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Caroline Tracey
La Junta de los Ríos: Reporter’s Notebook from Presidio and Big Bend
As I was leaving my hotel in Marfa, Texas, the front desk clerk asked me where I was headed next.
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Todd Miller
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As AI Data Centers Target the Water-Scarce Borderlands, New Mexico Invests in Desalination
Meanwhile, community members worry about stealth approval processes and a lack of transparency.
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Caroline Tracey
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