Come get a glimpse of the inner workings of the border industrial complex with these photos, text, and a video tour of the exhibition hall at the end. You will also learn about the national border security awards and who won person of the year.
"The history of migration through El Paso is one that’s been forgotten and overlooked, even though these workers—and not just workers but intellectuals, activists, and poets—helped shape the American Southwest as we know it today."
Happy May Day! An audio deep dive into the National Defense Areas and a human rights archeologist speaks on the politics of haunting and border deaths.
Welcome to our new site! It's official.
Welcome to the new Border Chronicle! And to our first weekly roundup on our new site. We won’t be doing a live video today, as we’re still working out some changes on the site. But they will be back soon! I also want to give a big thanks to the Outpost publisher’s collective for guiding us through the migration to the Ghost platform and to the folks there for being so helpful.
We’re very proud of our growth to a full-fledged media outlet. It’s been a long haul since we launched in September 2021, and it was just Todd and me for many years. Last year, with the help of grant funding, we were able to bring Pablo de la Rosa and Caroline Tracey on board, which has been amazing. We’ve also hired Brenda Machado for audience engagement and José Olivares as podcast editor. Pablo Morales has been our copy editor since day one.
Since we launched as the only independent outlet covering the entire U.S.-Mexico border region, our mission has been to provide you with quality on-the-ground reporting with context from across the U.S.-Mexico border region. We also provide arts and culture coverage that reflects the richness, resilience, and nuance of border life. Through our podcasts, online discussions and written work, we’ve strived to make The Border Chronicle a platform for shared ideas and solutions that break out of the “crisis” narrative and counter the disinformation that harms our communities and the people migrating through the borderlands.
We hope to continue to expand our coverage, so if you’ve been a free subscriber for a while and haven’t signed up for a paid or founding subscription, we would really appreciate your support now at this crucial moment of growth. We thank you very much for subscribing and supporting our work. We are almost entirely subscriber-funded, so we can’t do this without you!
And now on to the Semana that was…
Caroline Tracey
Melissa del Bosque
Happy May Day! An audio deep dive into the National Defense Areas and a human rights archeologist speaks on the politics of haunting and border deaths.
Border barriers on the river could be fatal during floods, say Laredo landowners, a reflection on desert narratives and the U.S.-Mexico border, and become a sustaining member of The Border Chronicle today, get some cool, new merch, and help us hold those in power accountable.
Were you wondering what was going on with Mexico's right wing? And what Argentina's disappeared have to do with the U.S.-Mexico border? You've come to the right place.
We've got new merch! Pedro Rios documents the gradual walling off of Friendship Park in San Diego, and Amy Juan on long-distance running and resilience for the Tohono O'odham plus more from across the borderlands.
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.
