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.
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Glimpses of Resistance: A Photo Essay That Imagines Another World
These photos capture people demanding a new world from the streets of Nogales to the streets of Mexico City.
Nature Has No Borders: A Live Podcast with Erick Meza of Sierra Club Borderlands
We discuss the history of The Border Chronicle, the environmental impacts of the wall, and how solutions to border woes might be in the flora and fauna before our eyes.
A Memoir from the Front Lines of Family Separation: A Podcast with Human Rights Lawyer Efrén Olivares
“Putting these feelings, these experiences on the page was cathartic," he says about his new book on Trump's Zero Tolerance and its aftermath.
Drought and Doubt on the Rio Grande: A Q&A with Watershed Scientist Martin Castro
As the Rio Grande dries up, Laredo, Texas, could run out of water by next spring. Communities downstream are already going dry.
A New Border Vision: A Q&A with Vicki Gaubeca of the Southern Border Communities Coalition
We discuss Border Patrol shadow units, the need to revitalize not militarize, and how borderlands communities could thrive if seen as the “vibrant, multilingual, and multicultural” places they are.
With Migrant Deaths Mounting, Border Residents Organize to Save Lives
“No matter who’s in charge or what party it is, the deaths continue.”
Reporter’s Notebook: The Border Creates Tragedy by Design
The border, its dread and its promise: a photo essay from Nogales, Sonora, on the day after the tragedy in San Antonio.
Black Seminoles in the Borderlands: A Podcast Interview with Windy Goodloe
"We're still here and we're very proud of the legacy that has been left to us."
Cementing a State of Exception in the Borderlands: How a Supreme Court Ruling Impacts the Tohono O’odham Nation
In the “Constitution-mangled zone” in the borderlands, Tohono O’odham say Supreme Court ruling fortifies an occupation.
Reporter's Notebook: A Man and his Rake Against Anti-Immigrant Hate in Yuma, Arizona
The Border Chronicle visits with Fernando “Fernie” Quiroz, director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition that provides aid to asylum seekers in Yuma
Acts of Resistance and Faith: An Interview with the Rev. John Fife on Founding the Sanctuary Movement, and the Ongoing Struggle for Human Rights in the Borderlands
"Climate change will be the first time we realize that nation states can't solve this problem by themselves."