The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez By Longreads Feature In the story of one Mexican-American woman’s life, we can see the whole tragic story of the US-Mexico border’s transformation from a simple chain-link fence to a humanitarian crisis.
‘Archive, Archive, Archive’: Valeria Luiselli on Reading In Order To Write By Lily Meyer Feature To write “Lost Children Archive,” Valeria Luiselli studied the refugee crisis “obliquely,” reading about other historical moments of children’s mass displacement, amassing a reader’s archive of loss.
The Weather and the Wall By Will Meyer Feature Climate change and the border wall are more connected than you might think.
The City I Love Is Destroying Itself By Nicole Antebi Feature Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
Querida Angelita By Longreads Feature The Mexican teenager who became one Mexican-American family’s maid taught a young woman that el oltro lado, the other side, is as much about class and good fortune as it is an international border.
‘Like Floating Through a Library’: An Interview with Nick Paumgarten By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary The New Yorker writer takes readers through the riparian heart of Big Bend National Park.
Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?
An Interview with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Jason De León By Matt Giles Feature The anthropologist studies the objects left behind by migrants as they cross the border.
