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.
Photographer Marni Shindelman’s series Restore the Night Sky illuminates America’s hidden detention centers from an unexpected angle.
“The fact that this is being used as justification to militarize the border has been shocking for me to watch."
In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali. Could this forgotten experiment hold answers for Mexico’s housing crisis today?
With Strykers and soldiers the Trump administration implemented its third National Defense Area in the Rio Grande Valley in June, alarming local groups.
“If the U.S. and Mexico are going to agree on one thing, it’s water.”
In Mexicali, where temperatures soar above 120 degrees, organized cyclists are working toward a more livable city, says Denahi Valdez, founder of El Laboratorio de Invención para la Ciudad
A road trip through the American West leads to a haunting lesson about a past atrocity—and inspiration from longtime border activists, who share what keeps them going as we enter a dark new chapter.
We're taking a short break, but in the meantime we have a great summer reading list for you. Also, send your comments to CBP about new border wall. And stay cool!
A cross-border gathering evokes a creative world of “gritty hope” in the face of new wall construction.
Local environmental justice groups have been warning federal regulatory agencies about possible explosions at the Starbase facility for a decade.
"We never take away hope. I mean, that's our whole thing. If you don't have it, then what are we doing this for?"
According to residents, officials have not produced an environmental impact statement, structural plans, or a cost-benefit analysis, nor have they consulted affected communities, as required by law.
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