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.
Texas forces sheriffs to join Trump's mass deportation campaign, and Mexico's govt. wants three more dams in Sonora, but there's no water. Also border communities familiar with the MAGA rollout in LA.
On the connections between a drought devastated Sierra Tarahumara and the multi-billion dollar Border Security Expo. Plus, a heartfelt request for paid subscribers to support our work at the border.
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An informative video conversation with border militarization expert Timothy Dunn, what the hell is Elon Musk up to at Starbase?, and a solidarity walk begins from the border to Tucson.
A podcast on life in Trump's America without legal status, and artists recast the Rio Grande as a vital life force, not a border checkpoint. Plus, submit your Qs for OG border expert Tim Dunn.
Todd travels to New Mexico's "National Defense Area" and speaks with residents, and Pablo in South Texas writes about the recently designated "endangered" Rio Grande, which is the true border crisis.
Melissa and Todd venture into live video, this month's expert on border militarization, saving the Rio Grande, a border wall debacle, Alma Guillermoprieto, and photos of the Tucson May Day march.
A video Q&A with border business expert, Jerry Pacheco, on Trump's tariffs, the high cost of border militarization in Eagle Pass, and Melissa and Todd discuss Trump's first 100 days in the podcast.
The expansion of the military on the border as it takes over federal land. The intimate, inspiring soundscapes of the borderlands. And please submit questions for border business expert Jerry Pacheco.
DHS Sec. Noem pledges privatization, profit at Border Security Expo; A new program that uses AI to help residents after flooding. Also, submit your questions for border business expert Jerry Pacheco.
Deadly rains leave part of the Texas-Mexico border in ruins, an acute water crisis in northwest Mexico, and a ferocious dust storm on the road to a water conference in Ciudad Juárez.
A gas terminal tests Sheinbaum's environmental pledge, expert Q&A on financial border surveillance, and a live podcast with authors Luis Alberto Urrea and Gary Nabhan. Plus more news from the border.
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