The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 13
How exactly do we get out of this apocalypse? The artists might just know. And why we need to be concerned about how U.S. military tactics abroad find their way home.
The Border Chronicle Podcast
The Border Chronicle podcast is hosted by Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller. Based in Tucson, Arizona, we interview fascinating fronterizo/as, community leaders, activists, artists and more at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Episodes
Standing Up to Armed Militias in the Borderlands: Author Patrick Strickland on Arivaca and Community Resistance
The author on his new book "The Marauders," the rise of far-right extremism in Europe and the American borderlands and what communities can learn from Arivaca, Arizona
On America's Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants: An Audio Interview with César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on the Politics of Immigration and the Road Ahead in 2022
The legal scholar and author of "Crimmigration Law" and "Migrating to Prison" on immigration detention reform, midterm elections, and what he’s watching for in 2022.
The Most Beautiful Place in the World: An Audio Interview with Isabel Garcia about What the Border Could Be
Southern Arizona’s legendary human rights champion rates the Biden administration’s first year at the border and suggests the time has come for a “quiet revolution.”
On 'Remain in Mexico' and Leaving the Biden Administration: A Podcast Interview with Stephanie Leutert
"There’s no clearly articulated vision of what the next two years is going to look like at the border," says the border policy expert of the Biden administration.
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: An Audio Interview with Author Oswaldo Zavala
Author and scholar Oswaldo Zavala challenges the cartel narrative anchored in a "national security storytelling machine," and opens up a whole new way to think about the drug war.
“Under Occupation”: A Discussion with Amy Juan of the Tohono O’odham Nation
Tohono O'odham cultural activist Amy Juan discusses the US-Mexico border from the perspective of people who were here long before it existed.