Politics

The Border Cold War: Election Tension and the Bipartisan Consensus

As Democrats campaign to the right of Trump on the border, a cold war bubbles up from below.

What to Make of the U.S. and Mexican Elections: A Podcast with Alexander Aviña

Take a ride on the electoral rollercoaster--and how it impacts the border and U.S.-Mexico relations--with one of the most insightful historians out there.

Weaponizing Immigration

Republican Cash Is Tapping Into a Massive Online Network to Demonize Migrants as Criminals.

Unbuild Walls: A Podcast with Silky Shah

With tonight’s debate, it's the exact right time to learn more about the enforcement-prison-deportation nexus. And how Shah’s vital new book offers a vision out of this mess.

This Election Year’s Top Three False Border and Immigration Narratives: A Q&A with David Bier

Take a stroll down False Claim Lane with us today. It will certainly come in handy for all the border and immigration debates you will hear in the next few months

On a Far-Right Movement Beyond Trump: A podcast with Heidi Beirich

The longtime expert in extremism warns that far-right networks are being built globally and across borders.

‘The Case for Open Borders’: A Book Review from the Banks of the Rio Grande

John Washington’s new book attempts to break open the political discourse on borders, showing us that another world is possible.

Border 911 and the Cruelty and Chaos Agenda

Former Trump advisers are raising money for Trump while endangering border residents and asylum seekers. A Q&A with Zachary Mueller from America’s Voice.

Border Imperialism in the Balkans: A Q&A with Nidžara Ahmetašević, Manja Petrovska, Sophie-Anne Bisiaux, and Lorenz Naegeli

How the European Union is funding the International Organization for Migration to enact brutal border operations in the Balkans.

Meet the U.S. Lawyer Representing Mexico in Its Lawsuits against the Billion-Dollar U.S. Gun Industry

Searching for Peace on the Rio Grande

A report from the banks of the Rio Grande during the “Bridging Borders and Leveraging Water for Peace” World Water Week 24 conference in El Paso/Juárez.

What's Missing in the National Debate About the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd

Water, climate change, and the right-wing disinformation ecosystem...the Border Chronicle founders discuss what should be on everyone's radar when we talk about the borderlands.