As federal officials fast-track billions in border wall construction and floating buoy barriers, local leaders and residents say they’re in the dark, and fear the worst.
On the Spanish thriller Sirāt, the concept of Saharanism, and our reckoning with narratives about the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
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.
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
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.
A year of military buildup on the border, walling off the Rio Grande Valley, and Caroline Tracey's debut book launch in Tucson.
A pioneering asylum lawyer in El Paso leaves a legacy of lives saved, an immigration judge fired by the Trump administration asks, 'What's next?' at the border, and The Border Chronicle's, Caroline Tracey, has a new book out!
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.
