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.
Renowned Palestinian scientist and environmentalist Mazin Qumsiyeh visits a surveillance tower first tested in the West Bank and speaks of the need for a “joint struggle.”
What policy shift? It’s business as usual for the border-enforcement machine as shown at the Border Security Expo in El Paso.
A "massive expansion" of surveillance, spurred by private industry, moves beyond the border in California.
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."
Last year was the most profitable on record for border contractors, and by all indications there will be more to reap in 2023.
A deep look with the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the fortification of surveillance on the border. As Nogales mayor Arturo Garino asked: “Would you want to have a blimp above your house?”
In this discussion we take a close look at the “global panopticon,” robotic dogs, the border-industrial complex, and what all this has to do with the changing climate.
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.
“The face that God gave you the day you were born will be your passport.”
Robo-dogs, ghost drones, Palmer Luckey, and protestors outside, plus other observations from my week at the Border Security Expo in Texas
Al Otro Lado’s Tijuana-based litigation and policy director examines the border, past, present, and future, through the lens of the invasive and futuristic surveillance apparatus that is already here.
Crossing the border everyday brings the normalization of surveillance and interrogation, but what happens if you refuse to comply with the CBP facial recognition camera?
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.