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An immigration judge fired by the Trump administration searches for meaning at the southern border.
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Impunity in the Borderlands: A Conversation with WOLA’s Adam Isacson
On a new in-depth report on CBP abuses "the sheer breadth of which is shocking," says the longtime human rights expert. And what Congress and the Biden administration can do about it today.
The Orbán Playbook
Hungary’s “Illiberal Democracy” on the Rio Grande. Texas' Operation Lone Star is not Unique, It's Part of a Global Movement
The Floating Barrier and the Border Industrial Complex
The Texas water wall gives a glimpse into rapidly proliferating border enforcement worldwide and the significant profit to be made from it.
Ajo Residents, Activists Protest Inhumane Conditions for Asylum Seekers
People still being held outside during punishing heatwave at the remote Ajo Border Patrol station in Arizona.
Border Fortification and the El Paso Massacre: A Podcast with Gilberto Rosas
“The mass shooting of August 3, 2019, demands a reckoning. It must be situated in a recent and vicious amplification of preexisting U.S. border and immigration policy.”
Dispatch from Eagle Pass, Texas: Local Filmmakers Confront the Militarization of Their Hometown
"The floating barrier is horrific. Texas needs to do better, and the U.S. government needs to do better. Both governments have failed us."
“Is It Going to Get Us?” Climate Dystopia, Borders, and the Future
A reflection on the world’s heatwaves and fires, from the borderlands of Greece and Arizona.
Chad Wolf’s Illegitimate Border Wall Waivers: A Q&A with Scott Nicol
The Border Chronicle is back. We dig into the Good, Bad and the Ugly of July. August will be better, right?
The Border Chronicle’s Second Annual Summer Reading List for Border Nerdz
We’ll be back in August. Until then, read up, stay hydrated, and check out our monsoon subscriber special!
The Greek Shipwreck Oracle: A Horrible Accident at Sea or the Inevitable Function of Militarized Borders?
In a thought-provoking, context-giving conversation with writer Lauren Markham, we learn why stories we tell about borders and mobility matter, and how stories are oracles that prophesize the future.
On Social Justice and Self Care: A Podcast with Psychotherapist Alejandra Spector
“A lot of therapists don’t have any sort of political analysis, and that hurts people,” Spector says.
A Media State of Siege: An Interview about Independent Journalism with Raúl Fernando Pérez Lira
A discussion with a journalist from the independent media outlet Raíchali in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua, a place rife with issues ranging from extreme drought to forced disappearances.