The Borderlands’ Lost Third Country
Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue’s new novel, Now I Surrender, is an epic about the U.S. and Mexico’s joint erasure of Apachería.
Weekly Roundup
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 13
How exactly do we get out of this apocalypse? The artists might just know. And why we need to be concerned about how U.S. military tactics abroad find their way home.
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This Week in The Border Chronicle:
How Do We Get Out of This?
At Monterrey, Mexico’s MARCO, artist Teresa Margolles seeks an exit from the apocalypse.
Caroline Tracey
The War Always Comes Home
While menacing Venezuela and Greenland, an “unbound” Trump has unleashed the empire on itself in Minneapolis.
Daniel Brito
The Border Chronicle in the News:
Todd appears with Border Chronicle favorite Jenn Budd to discuss the Border Patrol in an interview with KAWL.
More News from Across the Border:
This Was The High-Energy Laser Used To Shoot Down a Party Balloon At The Southern Border International Business Times
Lawmakers demand answers after unprecedented FAA flight restrictions disrupt El Paso region El Paso Matters
Senate Democrats block DHS funding over immigration tactics The Guardian
Trump Administration Says It’s Ending Surge of Immigration Agents to Minnesota Democracy Now!
DHS document confirms site of new ICE detention center in Clint, Texas El Paso Times
Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight NPR
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