The Borderlands’ Lost Third Country
Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue’s new novel, Now I Surrender, is an epic about the U.S. and Mexico’s joint erasure of Apachería.
“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.
A reflection on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, its fragility, and the necessity of finding another way.
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"As a microcosm embodying the chasmic and fortified gap between haves and have-nots, the Darién Gap is as good an expanded U.S. border as any."
Support for Trump going way down in the Rio Grande Valley. And just how much are private companies making on immigration detention again?
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.