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.
Dynamite blasts and paradise lost with wall construction in southern Arizona and a reflection on 2025 at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, support The Border Chronicle so we can expand coverage in 2026.
Take a photographic stroll in 2025--from Inauguration Day in January to unauthorized cows crossing the Rio Grande in the fall--as we seek a “different way forward.”
We are thankful to you for supporting the only independent border-wide publication owned by journalists. Plus, read a new CJR article about us, and listen to our podcast interview with Laura St. John
Dive into the delusions of detention and deportation under the Trump administration. The Florence Project’s legal director offers a new way to understand and challenge them.
A food movement in the Rio Grande Valley and legendary Tucson organizer and visionary Isabel Garcia inspire and dare us to imagine something new.
“What we allow them to do on the border, is what they will do to you.”
A longtime border journalist confronts a democracy under siege, The Border Chronicle is growing, please take our survey! And the Coast Guard launches 'Operation River Wall.'
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It is false that a river is a good political border. It is the opposite. A river attracts, creates, and foments life. This includes bears.
Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about his high-profile trial and the aftermath.
How did the first Trump administration crack down on providing water and aid for migrants? And what insights can we gain from that now?
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.
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