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.
Eagle Pass resident, Garcia Grewal, talks about the reopening of Shelby Park and the impacts of Texas' new military base. And the creation of her new border-wide organization, Frontera Federation.
The expansion of the military on the border as it takes over federal land. The intimate, inspiring soundscapes of the borderlands. And please submit questions for border business expert Jerry Pacheco.
The Trump administration is turning vast stretches of federal land into militarized “National Defense Areas.” Soldiers in these areas might soon begin undertaking civilian law enforcement duties.
In Tuesday briefing, White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, says at least 90 miles of Texas border to be included under last Friday's executive order.
Two audio projects offer soundtracks of a region often talked about, but seldom heard.
Trump issues executive order directing military to take over the Roosevelt Reservation. Tribal land is excluded from the order.
DHS Sec. Noem pledges privatization, profit at Border Security Expo; A new program that uses AI to help residents after flooding. Also, submit your questions for border business expert Jerry Pacheco.
DHS secretary Kristi Noem explaining what's to come in an address to border industry representatives: “We can go in, take you out of your home, and deport you out of this country.”
Researchers launch a new program that uses AI and collaborative mapping to help border residents in need after flooding disasters.
Deadly rains leave part of the Texas-Mexico border in ruins, an acute water crisis in northwest Mexico, and a ferocious dust storm on the road to a water conference in Ciudad Juárez.
Take a stroll through a dusty water crisis in the Texas-Chihuahua borderlands from El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to Boquilla and the Sierra Tarahumara.
"All water carries stories, voices, and drowned towns. To narrate what happens in a basin, you have to follow its waters' full course." An essay by Mexican writer Diego Rodríguez Landeros.
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.