Politics
Challenging Smuggling Myths on the U.S. Mexico Border: A Podcast with Anthropologist Gabriella Sanchez
“The focus on organized crime prevents us from seeing how enforcement and inequality disproportionately targets the poor.”
How the GOP’s “Invasion” Fever Stokes Violence and Undermines Democracy
It’s no accident that the same politicians who amplify the deadly invasion narrative also promote another lie: that the 2020 election was stolen.
After Years of Tribal Resistance, DHS Finishes its “Virtual Wall” on the Tohono O’odham Nation
An all-day quest led me to the final of the 10 towers built on native land. "You never know when you’re being watched,” said a resident.
A New Border Vision: A Q&A with Vicki Gaubeca of the Southern Border Communities Coalition
We discuss Border Patrol shadow units, the need to revitalize not militarize, and how borderlands communities could thrive if seen as the “vibrant, multilingual, and multicultural” places they are.
A New Campaign to Get the Border Patrol to Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions
“There’s really no reason for what they’re doing other than to strip people of their humanity.”
The Most Dangerous Police Force: A Podcast with Geographer Reece Jones about His New Book on the Border Patrol
Jones discusses why the Border Patrol can racially profile people, why it can operate in a 100-mile zone from all U.S. borders, and how it “can look a lot like an authoritarian militia force."
Cementing a State of Exception in the Borderlands: How a Supreme Court Ruling Impacts the Tohono O’odham Nation
In the “Constitution-mangled zone” in the borderlands, Tohono O’odham say Supreme Court ruling fortifies an occupation.
How to Defund Fox News: A Q&A with Claire Atkin, of Check My Ads
FoxNews.com supported the January 6 attack. Atkin is working to stop it from promoting the next insurrection.
Border Hacker: A Podcast with Levi Vonk
A rare in-depth look inside a migrant caravan and Mexico’s amped-up border enforcement, along with scathing revelations about humanitarian networks on the Mexican migrant trail
The Adulation of the Gun: How Border Militarization Fuels America's Gun Obsession
From Uvalde, Texas, to Portland, Oregon, Border Patrol's BORTAC is part of a growing homeland security army.
Guns to Garden Tools: A New National Movement Takes Root in the Borderlands
What about more community gardens to reduce both guns and food insecurity?