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.
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Impunity in the Borderlands: A Conversation with WOLA’s Adam Isacson
On a new in-depth report on CBP abuses "the sheer breadth of which is shocking," says the longtime human rights expert. And what Congress and the Biden administration can do about it today.
The Orbán Playbook
Hungary’s “Illiberal Democracy” on the Rio Grande. Texas' Operation Lone Star is not Unique, It's Part of a Global Movement
Border Fortification and the El Paso Massacre: A Podcast with Gilberto Rosas
“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.”
Dispatch from Eagle Pass, Texas: Local Filmmakers Confront the Militarization of Their Hometown
"The floating barrier is horrific. Texas needs to do better, and the U.S. government needs to do better. Both governments have failed us."
“Is It Going to Get Us?” Climate Dystopia, Borders, and the Future
A reflection on the world’s heatwaves and fires, from the borderlands of Greece and Arizona.
Chad Wolf’s Illegitimate Border Wall Waivers: A Q&A with Scott Nicol
The Border Chronicle is back. We dig into the Good, Bad and the Ugly of July. August will be better, right?
The Greek Shipwreck Oracle: A Horrible Accident at Sea or the Inevitable Function of Militarized Borders?
In a thought-provoking, context-giving conversation with writer Lauren Markham, we learn why stories we tell about borders and mobility matter, and how stories are oracles that prophesize the future.
A Media State of Siege: An Interview about Independent Journalism with Raúl Fernando Pérez Lira
A discussion with a journalist from the independent media outlet Raíchali in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua, a place rife with issues ranging from extreme drought to forced disappearances.
The Longer Story of the Border Patrol Killing of a Tohono O’odham Man: A Podcast with Amy Juan
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.
Sinking to the Bottom
As summer temperatures rise, so do the GOP’s dehumanizing policies and rhetoric
Pushing Back: Reporter Patrick Strickland on Europe’s Violent Borders
"When you allow the right to asylum to be chipped away, you’re not just doing it to other people. You’re doing it to yourself, too."
Sheriff Hollywood: The Far Right’s New Darling Kicks Off His Campaign at the Border
Mark Lamb’s campaign for U.S. Senate is light on substance but heavy on gun fetishization and border fearmongering.