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Borderlands
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When crossing the border is your daily commute
A day in the life of agricultural laborers whose work and lives straddle the Arizona-Mexican border.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
Where wildlife is up against the wall
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall would devastate migrating animals.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Where the wild things swim — again
In a borderlands river, improved water quality allows an endangered fish to return.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
A new use for old produce
Inside the cross-border operation that saves fresh food from the trash.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
See photos of a journey down the Old Rio Grande
Through the lens of the people who lived near and were shaped by the river.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
A guide to borderland education programs
A number of universities, especially those in border states, have programs that examine the influx of people who bring change to their new homes.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
Humans and ecosystems mix it up on the U.S. – Mexico Borderlands
Everything moves across lines here. Nothing’s straightforward.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
On borders, north and south
How the natural world challenges human notions of division.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
The afterlife of cotton
Through the present and past of a border town, on the trail of literary legend José Revueltas.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
The secrets of Los Gatos Canyon
Along the border, identity and memory.
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How for-profit detention persists in the West
Federal policy changes only go part of the way in dismantling private immigrant detention.
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For the first time, U.S. and Mexico take stock of the underground water they share
The two countries have tried for years to thoroughly assess aquifers along the border.
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Border wall divides lands, but not culture
A wall bars the physical passage of people in a park near San Diego— but music scales that barrier.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
On those who live and die along the border
Two new books look at the ever-changing face of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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See the members of this unofficial border patrol
The Arizona Border Recon aims to provide intel and back-up for federal officers at the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Tracing the West’s heroin highways
Illicit drugs move through this region at farther distances and greater speeds.
Posted inMay 30, 2016: Trial by Fire
The tenuous fate of the Southwest’s last jaguars
U.S. conservation of the endangered big cats depends on their populations in Mexico.
Posted inMarch 7, 2016: The Parks You Don't Know
Tracing America’s Borderlands history along the Anza Trail
Immigrants still follow Juan Bautista de Anza’s historic route.