The Mystical and Militarized Desert
On the Spanish thriller Sirāt, the concept of Saharanism, and our reckoning with narratives about the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
Environmental advocates and residents say the long-proposed refinery threatens air quality and public health in a region already ringed by heavy industry.
ICE raids and detentions, together with a high-profile killing, have led Rio Grand Valley residents to mobilize—including even some local Republicans.
A DACA recipient in South Texas says life under the Trump mass deportation dragnet is "pure trauma." And a former immigration judge, fired in November, talks about the future of immigration courts.
Living in Trump's Deportation America right now feels like "pure trauma" says a DACA recipient in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
A food movement in the Rio Grande Valley and legendary Tucson organizer and visionary Isabel Garcia inspire and dare us to imagine something new.
In the Rio Grande Valley, a coalition of farmers, educators, and advocates is reimagining a food system built on justice, not scarcity.
Mexican folk medicine is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. political climate.
As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.
“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
Todd Miller on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, and its fragility, and Pablo De La Rosa on Mexican communities pushing back against SpaceX, plus more from across the border.
Un grupo ambientalista Mexicano dice que los lanzamientos de cohetes de Elon Musk desde el sur de Texas están matando tortugas, dañando hogares y ensuciando las playas de Tamaulipas con escombros.
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.