Border Militarization

Standing Up to Armed Militias in the Borderlands: Author Patrick Strickland on Arivaca and Community Resistance

The author on his new book "The Marauders," the rise of far-right extremism in Europe and the American borderlands and what communities can learn from Arivaca, Arizona

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Nogales Is an “Invisible Refugee Camp”

The Biden administration's use of Title 42, rooted in the longstanding deterrence strategy, leaves asylum seekers in the same dangerous, inhumane circumstances as ‘Remain in Mexico,’ but without hope

Barbarians and Butterflies: Part 2

How a Texas butterfly sanctuary became the center of the resistance against Trump, Steve Bannon and the right-wing agenda at the border.

How to Stop the Border Militarization Bonanza: A New Divestment List Identifies the Top Companies Involved in Border and Immigration Abuses

In this Q&A, Dov Baum of the American Friends Service Committee identifies corporations profiting from border and immigration enforcement and the "people pressure" needed to counter them.

2022 Is Gonna Be a Blast! Plus, the National Guard’s Misguided Mission at the Border

Investigations find disorder, lack of purpose, and extreme boredom among soldiers deployed to peaceful border communities.

Just Another $50 Million Brick in the Wall

A Q&A with Scott Nicol on his New Report on the Expansion of Border Wall in Texas.

The Most Beautiful Place in the World: An Audio Interview with Isabel Garcia about What the Border Could Be

Southern Arizona’s legendary human rights champion rates the Biden administration’s first year at the border and suggests the time has come for a “quiet revolution.”

Families Still Seeking Justice Nearly a Decade After Fatal Helicopter Shooting

If the Texas border was a war zone … then the men who died on Oct. 25, 2012, were the war’s first known casualties.

Not a Border Crisis: Harsha Walia on Why It’s Time for a New Political Project

Renowned author and scholar explains that it "is not a crisis of the border but one that is due to the border."

Barbarians and Butterflies: Part 1

How a Texas butterfly sanctuary became the center of the resistance against Trump, Steve Bannon and the right-wing agenda at the border.