The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: January 30
The Border Patrol's long legacy of abuse, and border walls and buoys are killing the Rio Grande. A moving reflection from a border resident on what that means for the US and Mexico.
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Militarizing the Sky: A Q&A with Laiken Jordahl
The Center for Biological Diversity’s conservation advocate talks about a military attempt to increase supersonic flights and trainings in the borderlands and how the public still has time to comment.
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How New Mexico Learned to Love Its Ephemeral Waters
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An Autopsy of the Biden Years at the Border: A podcast with Andrea Flores
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