Trump’s Border Wall Is Coming for Some of the Oldest Murals in North America
A $2.6 billion border barrier through Texas' Lower Pecos Canyonlands has archaeologists warning that irreplaceable indigenous rock art and sacred sites could be destroyed.
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The Manual Labor of Conservation
As housing projects, mines, and border wall construction accelerate habitat loss, photographer Eliseu Cavalcante documents the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society’s efforts to preserve the desert’s iconic plants.
“They Don’t Care About Any Law”: A Q&A with Elsa Hull on Her Arrest While Opposing Border Wall Construction
This month, Hull’s worst fears came true as contractors for Southwest Valley Constructors and Kiewit started bulldozing and scraping land near her home to construct a 30-foot border wall.
Across the Borderlands, Wall Construction Threatens Sacred Sites
Like environmental regulations, cultural-and historic-preservation laws are being systematically waived for wall construction—and border communities are paying the price.
‘This Will Kill People’: Laredo Landowners Fight Wall and Buoy Plan Threatening Flood-Prone Communities
As federal officials fast-track billions in border wall construction and floating buoy barriers, local leaders and residents say they’re in the dark, and fear the worst.
Inside Trump’s Plan to Finish Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
Trump Announces “First New U.S. Refinery in 50 Years” at Port of Brownsville, Reviving Local Resistance
Environmental advocates and residents say the long-proposed refinery threatens air quality and public health in a region already ringed by heavy industry.
At the End of the Wall: A Reporter’s Notebook
Walking from a blasted mountain top--a planned site for new border wall construction--to a makeshift military camp along the border in a remote part of southern Arizona led to a tense yet revelatory moment.
The Lives That Cotton Made
Cristina Rivera Garza's new book, Autobiography of Cotton, traces family history through the borderlands' cotton industry.
Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande
DHS has begun installing its massive floating buoy barrier which could include more than 500 miles.
The Manual Labor of Conservation
As housing projects, mines, and border wall construction accelerate habitat loss, photographer Eliseu Cavalcante documents the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society’s efforts to preserve the desert’s iconic plants.
“They Don’t Care About Any Law”: A Q&A with Elsa Hull on Her Arrest While Opposing Border Wall Construction
This month, Hull’s worst fears came true as contractors for Southwest Valley Constructors and Kiewit started bulldozing and scraping land near her home to construct a 30-foot border wall.
Across the Borderlands, Wall Construction Threatens Sacred Sites
Like environmental regulations, cultural-and historic-preservation laws are being systematically waived for wall construction—and border communities are paying the price.
‘This Will Kill People’: Laredo Landowners Fight Wall and Buoy Plan Threatening Flood-Prone Communities
As federal officials fast-track billions in border wall construction and floating buoy barriers, local leaders and residents say they’re in the dark, and fear the worst.
Inside Trump’s Plan to Finish Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
Trump Announces “First New U.S. Refinery in 50 Years” at Port of Brownsville, Reviving Local Resistance
Environmental advocates and residents say the long-proposed refinery threatens air quality and public health in a region already ringed by heavy industry.
At the End of the Wall: A Reporter’s Notebook
Walking from a blasted mountain top--a planned site for new border wall construction--to a makeshift military camp along the border in a remote part of southern Arizona led to a tense yet revelatory moment.
The Lives That Cotton Made
Cristina Rivera Garza's new book, Autobiography of Cotton, traces family history through the borderlands' cotton industry.
Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande
DHS has begun installing its massive floating buoy barrier which could include more than 500 miles.
