“Whoever Saves a Life, Saves a World”: On the Death of Carlos Spector, El Paso Immigration Attorney
He saved numerous lives by winning Mexican asylum cases that many said would be impossible to win.
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How Musk’s Starbase Could Become the Most Powerful City in Texas
“If these bills get passed, there’s nothing stopping other billionaires from creating their own company towns and owning more of Texas,” said Bekah Hinojosa, a local activist.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 23
A podcast on life in Trump's America without legal status, and artists recast the Rio Grande as a vital life force, not a border checkpoint. Plus, submit your Qs for OG border expert Tim Dunn.
How Artists Rethink the Border's Water Crisis
Taking back the Rio Grande/Río Bravo as a river, not a border checkpoint.
The Cost of Being Undocumented: A Podcast with Alix Dick and Antero Garcia
Alix Dick speaks about her new memoir, cowritten with Antero Garcia, on the high cost of living without legal status in Trump's America.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 16
Todd travels to New Mexico's "National Defense Area" and speaks with residents, and Pablo in South Texas writes about the recently designated "endangered" Rio Grande, which is the true border crisis.
“None of These People Are from the Border”: A Dispatch from the National Defense Area in New Mexico
All the militarization and its propaganda hide a real border security issue: the struggle people face in making ends meet.
Who Will Stand Up for the Rio Grande?
The river is drying up, while Texas's elected leaders ignore the real border crisis.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 9
Caroline Tracey on reporting in Sonora on binational bird conservation, Melissa on Trump's new militarized border zones, and water treaties. Plus, send in your questions for border expert Tim Dunn.
A Video Dispatch from the New Mexico Border
Todd visits Colombus, New Mexico, at the center of a new national defense area. Residents say they are saturated with border enforcement, and would prefer an investment in their community instead.
A New Phase in Border Militarization: Trump’s “National Defense Areas”
New “National Defense Areas” in Texas and New Mexico are escalating a diplomatic crisis with Mexico, creating legal turmoil in U.S. courts, and even leading to deaths among active-duty troops
Searching for Sparrows in the Sky Islands
The grasslands of Sonora, Mexico, haven’t seen bird counts in 15 years. Now, ranchers and biologists are teaming up to assess, and protect, North America's avian diversity.
Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup May 2
Melissa and Todd venture into live video, this month's expert on border militarization, saving the Rio Grande, a border wall debacle, Alma Guillermoprieto, and photos of the Tucson May Day march.