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.
Border Militarization
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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.
A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández
"As a microcosm embodying the chasmic and fortified gap between haves and have-nots, the Darién Gap is as good an expanded U.S. border as any."
Peacemaking in the Borderlands: A Reflection on the Farce of “Border Security”
Border “security” is an act of war. It’s time to look to the peacemakers, who just might hold the answers.
Night Exposures
Photographer Marni Shindelman’s series Restore the Night Sky illuminates America’s hidden detention centers from an unexpected angle.
‘They Want to Have a Police State’: Trump’s Rio Grande Military Zone
With Strykers and soldiers the Trump administration implemented its third National Defense Area in the Rio Grande Valley in June, alarming local groups.
Climate, Tech, Borders, and Gaza: A Podcast with Amali Tower
A lively conversation about how surveillance tech, created and tested in Israel & the US, targets climate refugees across the world. And how refugees have much better solutions than more of the same.
Murmuration: A Conversation with Kate Scott about Resistance at the Border
A cross-border gathering evokes a creative world of “gritty hope” in the face of new wall construction.
Upside-Down World: Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era
Climate displacement and border enforcement--two dynamics trending distinctly upward--are on a collision course.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup and Video Conversation about Border Militarization: May 30
An informative video conversation with border militarization expert Timothy Dunn, what the hell is Elon Musk up to at Starbase?, and a solidarity walk begins from the border to Tucson.
“In Beauty May I Walk”: A Reflection on Walking from the Border to Tucson for 22 Years
On Monday, 43 people embarked on the Migrant Trail, a 75-mile walk through the desert in solidarity with people who have died crossing the border.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 23
A podcast on life in Trump's America without legal status, and artists recast the Rio Grande as a vital life force, not a border checkpoint. Plus, submit your Qs for OG border expert Tim Dunn.
Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 16
Todd travels to New Mexico's "National Defense Area" and speaks with residents, and Pablo in South Texas writes about the recently designated "endangered" Rio Grande, which is the true border crisis.