The Border Chronicle

08/14/2025

New in The Border Chronicle🦂

Nope. The borderlands are not being flooded with fentanyl, says Dr. Melody Glenn, an ER physician. As the medical director for several fire departments in the Arizona borderlands, Glenn has incorporated addiction treatment into emergency medicine.

“The fact that this is being used as justification to militarize the border has been shocking for me to watch," she says.

Glenn is also the author of a new book called "Mother of Methadone" about the pioneering work of Dr. Marie Nyswander who developed the methadone treatment for he**in addiction.

Read the full interview at the link in our comment section.🦂

08/12/2025

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂

How ICE Detention Was Built

Private corporations and the Trump administration will make the world's largest immigrant detention system even deadlier. But it can be stopped, says Jesse Franzblau.

Listen to the full conversation at the link in our comment section. 🦂

08/08/2025

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 8

Another National Defense Area declared in the Rio Grande Valley. What will this mean? And the philosophy behind a provocative housing project in Mexicali for those who dream another world is possible.

Another National Defense Area declared in the Rio Grande Valley. What will this mean? And the philosophy behind a provocative housing project in Mexicali for those who dream another world is possible.

08/08/2025

The Mexicali Experimental Project: A Contemplative, Human-Scale Approach to Housing on the Border

In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali. Could this forgotten experiment hold answers for Mexico’s housing crisis today?

In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali. Could this forgotten experiment hold answers for Mexico’s housing crisis today?

08/05/2025

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂

‘They Want to Have a Police State’: Trump’s Rio Grande Military Zone

With Strykers and soldiers the Trump administration implemented its third National Defense Area in the Rio Grande Valley in June, alarming local groups.

Read the full essay at the link in our comment section. 🦂

08/01/2025

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 1 🦂 hosted by Melissa del Bosque & Caroline Tracey

What does security actually mean as billions are funneled into walls and armed agents? And a historian explains the complicated story behind the new binational Tijuana River agreement. 💦

Read and listen to our roundup at the link in comments.🦂

07/31/2025

What Does Security Really Mean?

In this new podcast, Melissa and Todd talk about the notion of "border security" as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this?

Listen at the link in our comment section and leave a comment. What does security mean to you in your community? 🦂🦂

07/29/2025

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂💦

Will a new binational agreement help solve a century-long problem?

The Tijuana River estuary, a binational waterway, has caused conflict between the U.S. and Mexico since the 1930s, according to Mexican historian Marco Antonio Samaniego. In this Q&A with Samaniego discusses the complicated history of the Tijuana River and what it will take to revitalize this important binational estuary. 🦂🇲🇽🇺🇸

Read the Q&A at the link in our comments section.🦂

07/25/2025

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: July 25

With Melissa del Bosque and Caroline Tracey. The Border Chroniclers talk about Melissa's road trip through the American West that leads to a haunting lesson about a past atrocity. And Caroline talks about a community-led solution in Mexicali to fight climate change, and make the border city more firendly to cyclists.

Check out the full roundup at the link in our comment section.🦂🚴

07/24/2025

Beating the Heat: Border Cyclists Fight for Better Infrastructure 🦂🚴‍♀️

In Mexicali, where temperatures soar above 120 degrees, organized cyclists are working toward a more livable city, says Denahi Valdez, founder of Laboratorio de Invención para la Ciudad A. C. - LABiCi

Read the full interview by at the link in the comment section. 🚴‍♀️

07/22/2025

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂

The Long-Distance Run

A road trip through the American West leads to a haunting lesson about a past atrocity—and inspiration from longtime border activists, who share what keeps them going as we enter a dark new chapter.

Read the full essay at the link in our comment section. 🦂🦋

American Friends Service Committee National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) Border Vigil Frontera Federation

07/02/2025

It's The Border Chronicle’s Fourth Annual Summer Reading List🦂🔥

As the summer unfolds, we’ve got some great book recommendations for you. Each book was featured in The Border Chronicle this year, so there’s a written review or podcast interview with the author to accompany each of our book recommends. Enjoy! 🦂

Read the full list at the link in our comments section. 🫶