The Manual Labor of Conservation
As housing projects, mines, and border wall construction accelerate habitat loss, photographer Eliseu Cavalcante documents the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society’s efforts to preserve the desert’s iconic plants.
Weekly Roundup
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 5
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It’s Our Fourth Anniversary!
We launched The Border Chronicle in 2021 with a local reporting grant from Substack. At the time, we had no idea how to run a news outlet, but we knew that a publication devoted to the U.S.-Mexico border was badly needed. No othe…
Melissa del Bosque
A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández
What has been happening on the Darién Gap, one of the deadliest border crossings in the Western Hemisphere? Luckily, we have author Belén Fernández here to give us an in-depth rundown. Fe…
Todd Miller
More News from the Border:
Mexico-US initiative seeks to standardize water quality data as contaminated river threatens both nations Tijuana Press
Arizona’s Cochise County, known for election turmoil, may challenge state laws again ahead of 2026 The Tucson Sentinel
How an embezzlement scheme fumbled $50 million meant for Southern Ariz colonias The Tucson Sentinel
2 El Paso County DACA recipients challenge ICE detention as families plead for justice El Paso Matters
What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests NPR
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