How New Mexico Learned to Love Its Ephemeral Waters
Rollbacks to the Clean Water Act may have affected the borderlands more than any other region. States are stepping up—but there’s still more to do.
“I kept thinking, Who is going to come step up to the plate and help us here?" says Dora Rodriguez, co-founder of a migrant resource center in Sásabe, Sonora.
As Europe closes its doors, more asylum seekers take the deadly trek through the jungle on their way to the United States and Canada, says Yates.
Hungary’s “Illiberal Democracy” on the Rio Grande. Texas' Operation Lone Star is not Unique, It's Part of a Global Movement
People still being held outside during punishing heatwave at the remote Ajo Border Patrol station in Arizona.
"The floating barrier is horrific. Texas needs to do better, and the U.S. government needs to do better. Both governments have failed us."
The Border Chronicle is back. We dig into the Good, Bad and the Ugly of July. August will be better, right?
We’ll be back in August. Until then, read up, stay hydrated, and check out our monsoon subscriber special!
“A lot of therapists don’t have any sort of political analysis, and that hurts people,” Spector says.
“We can’t just sit here and wait to be invited to the table. Instead, we kicked down the door, and we made our own table," says Jackie Barragan.
As summer temperatures rise, so do the GOP’s dehumanizing policies and rhetoric
In a new report, environmentalists warn that their impact on wildlife will be devastating.
“I feel it’s my duty to notify the world of the atrocities that are occurring because of the border wall extension, and the increase in the border wall height," he says.
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