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.
The Border Chronicle podcast is hosted by Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller. Based in Tucson, Arizona, we interview fascinating fronterizo/as, community leaders, activists, artists and more at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The mass shooting of August 3, 2019, demands a reckoning. It must be situated in a recent and vicious amplification of preexisting U.S. border and immigration policy.”
“A lot of therapists don’t have any sort of political analysis, and that hurts people,” Spector says.
The Tohono O’odham leader and thinker describes the May 18 killing of Raymond Mattia and the long context of border militarization that led to it.
“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.
Border Chronicle founder Melissa del Bosque talks at length about a harrowing article she wrote about the murder of Mexican journalist Miroslava Breach.
Armed civilians who believe that undocumented migrants are 'invaders' could be enforcing the Texas immigration proposal, says Libal, a consultant for Human Rights Watch.
An in-depth conversation with the Sikh musician and educator about growing up as a child of immigrants and turning to music for solace and inspiration.
The U.S. government is doubling down on surveillance, but residents have little input or idea of how it impacts their privacy. Maass talks about EFF's new project to map the "virtual wall."
With media coverage shrinking, this two-person news bureau based in Hermosillo, Sonora, fills a vital role informing U.S. audiences about Mexico.
"It's an obscene amount of money to destroy 16 river miles," says Cortez of Texas' new border wall plan.
The Maasai leader gives an on-the-ground look at the mass exodus of people from Tanzania after a violent land grab and talks about what the border really means for indigenous people in Africa.
The second part of our in-depth conversation with the Arizona border sheriff
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.