Watch Todd’s video Q&A (above) with sociologist Timothy Dunn, one of the top experts on border militarization in the United States. Dunn talks about the new phase of militarization happening right now…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – “In Beauty May I Walk”: A Reflection on Walking from the Border to Tucson for 22 Years
Subscribe now At the wall in Sasabe before the walk started. (Photo by Todd Miller) Share The annual Migrant Trail began Monday with a solemn ceremony to remember and honor the people…
El Chuqueño Blog – CRRUA Update: State of New Mexico Sues
From SourceNM.com: New Mexico’s environment department on Wednesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority and has asked the Third Judicial District Court to appoint an…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Sunland Park-Santa Teresa Chronicles: Cannabis, CRRUA and Capitalism
Residents listening from outside the May 21 Sunland Park City Council Meeting The evening of May 21, 2025 will surely count as one of the liveliest meetings of the Sunland Park City…
El Chuqueño Blog – The New Hypernormalization
From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes life in a society where two main things are happening. The first…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITIZENS OF EL PASO MUST UNITE TO STOP THE DECK PLAZA: SAM ARMIJO TO THE EL PASO TIMES
[[{“value”:” Sam Armijo, Guest Columnist, May 28, 2025, 10:57 a.m. “During the November 2024 General Election campaign, the highest priority problem addressed by allcandidates was the crushing EI Paso property tax. Essentially…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAX GROSSMAN TO EPISD BOARD: DO NOT FIRE SUPERINTENDENT SAYAVEDRA
[[{“value”:” Yesterday, Max Grossman addressed the EPISD Board of Trustees at their Special Meeting, called by President Leah Hanany with the aim of firing Superintendent Diana Sayavedra for no apparent reason and…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE DANIEL CALL BLASTS BOARD PRESIDENT HANANY FOR PUSHING TO HIRE HER EMPLOYER AS SUPERINTENDENT!
[[{“value”:” During tonight’s special meeting, EPISD Board President Leah Hanany failed in her effort to fire Superintendent Diana Sayavedra. After 20 speakers blasted her relentlessly, the Board retired into executive session and…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD SUPERINTENDENT DIANA SAYAVEDRA’S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
[[{“value”:” We have appended below Diana Sayavedra’s employment contract with EPISD of December 8, 2021, the Amendment to that contract of January 17, 2023, and her current contract of January 26, 2024….
The Border Chronicle – How Musk’s Starbase Could Become the Most Powerful City in Texas
SpaceX Starship Flight 8 stationed near Orbital Launch Pad A ahead of a launch at Boca Chica beach on March 03, 2025. (Photo credit: Brandon Bell via Getty Images) Subscribe now Before…