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The Border Chronicle Launches Wall Watch, a Community-Powered Mapping Project

Wall Watch combines geospatial mapping, archival research, and community participation to provide the public with an accurate, continually updated record of border wall construction along nearly 2,000 miles of the international border.

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Welcome to Indian Country: 250 Years of Democracy and Authoritarianism in the U.S.

Worried about the future of democracy in the United States? Look to Indigenous histories; they have much to teach us about the struggle between liberty and empire.

Floods Expose Dangers of Trump’s $3 Billion Rio Grande Buoy Barrier Plan

As floodwaters swept hundreds of one-ton border buoys downstream, international bridges closed, commerce slowed, and officials struggled to get answers from DHS about a project advancing despite local opposition, environmental concerns, and treaty questions.

Breaking News: Laredo on Alert as Trump’s Buoys Cause Chaos on the Rio Grande, Close International Bridges

Hundreds of massive orange buoys staged for a controversial DHS floating barrier project broke free near Eagle Pass and are now drifting toward Laredo, threatening bridges, commerce, drinking water supplies and downstream communities.

Inside the Sentinel Surveillance Tower in Ciudad Juárez: A Podcast with Investigative Journalist José Olivares

Torre Centinela, a Mexican surveillance hub that will share intelligence with U.S. and Texas law enforcement is slated to open soon. Olivares discusses his investigation on Torre Centinela and the private corporation running it.

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 8

Todd witnesses a border security spending frenzy at the annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, a Q&A with the author of a new book on El Paso's importance to U.S. history and immigration, and much more!

‘This Will Kill People’: Laredo Landowners Fight Wall and Buoy Plan Threatening Flood-Prone Communities

As federal officials fast-track billions in border wall construction and floating buoy barriers, local leaders and residents say they’re in the dark, and fear the worst.

What’s Wrong with Mexico’s Right Wing? A Conversation with Alex González Ormerod
Exclusive Documentary Short Premier: What Do Argentina’s Disappeared Have to Do With Unidentified Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border?

A Q&A and exclusive screening of a documentary short by award-winning filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz.

From a Park to a Prison

For more than two decades, San Diego resident Pedro Rios has documented the gradual walling off of the binational International Friendship Park. Now the Trump administration is sealing the rest of California’s border with Mexico.