Newsletter
The Real Border Surge: The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial Complex
Drones, AI, biometrics, and the border bonanza as the Biden Administration becomes the largest border contractor in U.S. history.
Still in the Dark: Thousands of Border Lights Threaten Wildlife, but CBP Isn’t Talking
In a new report, environmentalists warn that their impact on wildlife will be devastating.
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.
Join us on Thursday May 25 to Discuss Water, Climate, and the Border
How big of an issue is water in the borderlands? Please help us answer that question along with a panel of experts from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico divide.
Breaking the Vicious Media Cycle
As Right-Wing Media and Fearmongering Ramps Up, a Border Filmmaker Challenges the Dis-content Creators
Reporter’s Notebook: A Photo-Essay from the Border Industrial Complex as Title 42 Lifts
What policy shift? It’s business as usual for the border-enforcement machine as shown at the Border Security Expo in El Paso.
Pushing Back: Reporter Patrick Strickland on Europe’s Violent Borders
"When you allow the right to asylum to be chipped away, you’re not just doing it to other people. You’re doing it to yourself, too."
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: After Title 42, U.S. Border Enforcement Will Push Further South
When Title 42 phases out on May 11, expect the further export of U.S. “prevention through deterrence” into Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sheriff Hollywood: The Far Right’s New Darling Kicks Off His Campaign at the Border
Mark Lamb’s campaign for U.S. Senate is light on substance but heavy on gun fetishization and border fearmongering.
Violence as an Investment Policy, Human Rights Violations as a Business Model
A new report shows that border militarization, mass deportation, organized crime, and free trade are all pieces of the same puzzle.
Dammed: A Photo Reflection on a Water War, Climate Change, and Migration in Chihuahua
This photo-essay looks into rivers and water, farming and conflict, rainbows and herons, climate change and migration from and through the Mexican borderlands.