COMPLEX exhibit photo courtesy of David Taylor. Subscribe now Share For denizens of the borderlands, surveillance is a constant presence. In the last two decades, as the budget for U.S. Customs and…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – Border Theater
Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the American president? While I was there they didn’t pop any trunks, or…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Forbidden”
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El Chuqueño Blog – Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide
By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted higher costs for the legions of football fans gearing up for Superbowl…
The Border Chronicle – The Mass Deportation Handoff
Subscribe now This article is a collaboration between The Border Chronicle and TomDispatch, a great outlet which has been looking at U.S. foreign policy, the military industrial complex, the “forever wars,” climate…
El Chuqueño Blog – Otero County Deputy Charged With Murder
Here’s a horrific story about a trigger happy deputy unloading a whole clip into a teenager who dropped an airsoft gun at the beginning of an encounter with a cop. From KOAT.com:…
The Border Chronicle – What Is Texas’s Operation Lone Star, and What Happens If Trump Makes It a National Model? A Podcast with Texas Civil Rights Advocate Bob Libal
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper looks over the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico Border on March 23, 2021 in McAllen, Texas. Texas DPS troopers are taking part in Operation…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Alimony”
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El Chuqueño Blog – “The Atlantis Puzzle”
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The Border Chronicle – Postcards from the Border: An Essay of Paintings with Artist Susan Lyman
Subscribe now Susan Lyman, Border Surveillance in the Grasslands, 2022, oil on board, 12 × 12 in. Share From high up in a helicopter, Border Patrol agents scour the ground below, looking…