How New Mexico Learned to Love Its Ephemeral Waters
Rollbacks to the Clean Water Act may have affected the borderlands more than any other region. States are stepping up—but there’s still more to do.
Border Militarization
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Bridges or Barricades? Debates in the Time of Elections
What did I learn (indirectly) from John Bolton? That listening to people across borders is the key to winning debates.
Border Imperialism in the Balkans: A Q&A with Nidžara Ahmetašević, Manja Petrovska, Sophie-Anne Bisiaux, and Lorenz Naegeli
How the European Union is funding the International Organization for Migration to enact brutal border operations in the Balkans.
What's Missing in the National Debate About the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd
Water, climate change, and the right-wing disinformation ecosystem...the Border Chronicle founders discuss what should be on everyone's radar when we talk about the borderlands.
In Shelby Park, Far-Right Content Creators Are Welcome
Texas governor Greg Abbott has barred federal agents from Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, but not content creators who promote invasion rhetoric and conspiracy theories.
Eagle Pass Residents Shocked by News that Governor Abbott Will Build Operation Lone Star Base
We are being used as political pawns by our own governor, says Jessie Fuentes, an Eagle Pass business owner.
What Is the “Border Crisis”? A Snowstorm, Humanitarian Aid, and the Border Bill
After a week of constant media buzz about the “border crisis” and an enforcement-heavy border bill, a freezing snowstorm reveals the true crisis.
The Everywhere Border: A Podcast with Mizue Aizeki
As widespread election border theater kicks in, the director of the Surveillance Resistance Lab talks about smart borders, border externalization, “identity dominance,” and what can be done about it.
Surveillance Occupation in the U.S. Borderlands: A Narrative Photo Essay by Colter Thomas and Dugan Meyer
"The border has become the next war zone for the military industrial complex.”
Prepare Yourselves for the 2024 Border Chaos Narrative: A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro
Al Otro Lado's executive director discusses what’s to come this election year: more of the CBP One app and open-air border prisons, along with a hyper-distorted fearmongering narrative of overwhelm.
The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2024
Escalating political tensions, more MAGA border theater, and militia madness with border communities caught in the middle. It’s going to be a very bumpy ride.
The Modern-Day Nativity Scene: A Concertina Wire Christmas
A reflection as 2023 comes to an end, and 2024 comes down the pike, and refugees continue to cross the border by the hundreds.
The Lucrative Business of “Border Chaos”
How Trump, right-wing media, and MAGA authoritarians will use the border to win in 2024.