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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: October 10

Data Centers, Confluences, and some bonus happenings for those in the Tucson area.

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La Junta de los Ríos: Reporter’s Notebook from Presidio and Big Bend

It is false that a river is a good political border. It is the opposite. A river attracts, creates, and foments life. This includes bears.

As AI Data Centers Target the Water-Scarce Borderlands, New Mexico Invests in Desalination

Meanwhile, community members worry about stealth approval processes and a lack of transparency.

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: October 3

The MAGA military takeover has its roots in Texas' Operation Lone Star. And the Trump administration cuts food assistance in South Texas to fund armed agents, walls and detention centers.

More Border Security Means Less Food Security

As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

Friday morning roundup LIVE on The Border Chronicle

Join Melissa del Bosque and Caroline Tracey for a live discussion on The Border Chronicle’s latest articles and news from across the border region.

Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?

“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.

Wild Waters and Unfulfilled Promises

Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived."

The Tower and the Tarantula: Searching for a New Way Forward 24 Years after 9/11

A reflection on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, its fragility, and the necessity of finding another way.

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