What does Oaxaca, Mexico, have to do with the U.S. Border? A Q&A with Miguel Ángel Vásquez de la Rosa
The connection between migration, poverty, violence, and corporate dispossession in Oaxaca. And the active resistance to them.
The Importance of Cross Border Journalism: A Podcast with Kendal Blust and Murphy Woodhouse
With media coverage shrinking, this two-person news bureau based in Hermosillo, Sonora, fills a vital role informing U.S. audiences about Mexico.
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Left to Die: Deterrence, Death, and Rescue in the Borderlands
The story of a harrowing, multiday rescue of a stranded Guatemalan man in the frigid February Arizona desert that raises serious questions about the Border Patrol's search and rescue unit.
The Border Narrative Machine: A Reflection on a Lost Debate at Yale
I lost the debate, I got hissed at, and I got a dose of humility. More importantly, I got a privileged view of how the national discourse works to shut down alternatives to militarizing the border.
The Colonial Border in the Maasai Mara: A Podcast Interview with Meitamei Olol Dapash
The Maasai leader gives an on-the-ground look at the mass exodus of people from Tanzania after a violent land grab and talks about what the border really means for indigenous people in Africa.
Reporter’s Notebook: The Crisis Nobody Knows About on the Kenya-Tanzania Border
Reportage from where a private company and state-led border building converge to violently evict people from their ancestral land.
How the U.S. Border Arrived in Kenya
A look at U.S. border externalization, the death it has caused, and the art of negotiating and resisting borders in Maasailand.
Inside Mexico’s Largest Detention Center: A Q&A with Belén Fernández
“There may not be human rights in Siglo XXI,” the name of the Tapachula immigration detention center where the author and journalist was imprisoned, “but there’s lots of humanity.”
The Border Industrial Complex Goes Big Time
Last year was the most profitable on record for border contractors, and by all indications there will be more to reap in 2023.
When You Have No Country: A Podcast with Axel Kirschner and Levi Vonk, Authors of ‘Border Hacker’
A detailed, intimate, frank (and, be warned, often explicit) conversation with the 'Border Hacker' authors about how they met, why they decided to write a book, and how they are living under threat.
Dónde Está La Lucha?: A Photo Reflection on Rivers and Water at the Texas/Chihuahua Border
Join me on a reflective journey with photos and ponderings in this last post for The Border Chronicle in 2022. Until then, happy holidays and New Year!