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.
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Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup April 18
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.
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An art exhibition in Mexico, billions of dollars of CBP spending on private contracts, ICE impunity, and more.