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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Climate Change Oppression: A Podcast with Amali Tower
“It’s not difficult to understand that a population that makes its livelihood off the land would find climate change oppressive, and would find climate change to be tantamount to persecution.”
Reforming Asylum for the 21st Century: A Podcast with Immigration Expert Muzzafar Chishti
We can't be a leader in the world if we shut down asylum, he says.
On 'Political Pathologies' and Practicing Medicine in the Borderlands: A Q&A with Dr. Brian Elmore
El Paso/Ciudad Juárez is the most inspiring place to be and to practice, says Elmore
On Civil Rights and Operation Lone Star in South Texas: A Podcast with Roberto Lopez
"It feels like you're always being watched."
“People Need Representation”: A Podcast with Immigration Lawyer Margo Cowan
The lawyer and longtime community organizer talks about her two-year ban from practicing immigration law, how she is responding to it, and her history of border organizing and advocacy in Arizona.
On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments
“I kept thinking, Who is going to come step up to the plate and help us here?" says Dora Rodriguez, co-founder of a migrant resource center in Sásabe, Sonora.
A View from the Darién Gap: A podcast with Caitlyn Yates
As Europe closes its doors, more asylum seekers take the deadly trek through the jungle on their way to the United States and Canada, says Yates.
The Orbán Playbook
Hungary’s “Illiberal Democracy” on the Rio Grande. Texas' Operation Lone Star is not Unique, It's Part of a Global Movement
Ajo Residents, Activists Protest Inhumane Conditions for Asylum Seekers
People still being held outside during punishing heatwave at the remote Ajo Border Patrol station in Arizona.
On Social Justice and Self Care: A Podcast with Psychotherapist Alejandra Spector
“A lot of therapists don’t have any sort of political analysis, and that hurts people,” Spector says.
On the Migrant Trail: A Reflection on Border Deaths, Policy, and Transformation
The seven-day, 75-mile Migrant Trail Walk has spent 20 years challenging U.S. border policy. More than 30 people are at it again in one of the hottest months in Arizona.
A Growing Public Health Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Alexander Tenorio on Border Wall Injuries
“I feel it’s my duty to notify the world of the atrocities that are occurring because of the border wall extension, and the increase in the border wall height," he says.