Countering the Negative Border Narrative: A Photo Essay on the Friends across Borders Event in Agua Prieta and Douglas
A binational gathering shows that the borderlands community seeks peace and unity, not a manufactured war zone.
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The Many Scandals of the Border Industrial Complex
As election campaigns heat up, the true state of the border is revealed in record budgets, record contracts, increased border deaths, and the barring of press from the Border Security Expo in El Paso.
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