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Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story

The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

by Longreads April 16, 2019October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘Archive, Archive, Archive’: Valeria Luiselli on Reading In Order To Write

by Lily Meyer February 12, 2019October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, History, Science & Nature, Story

The Weather and the Wall

by Will Meyer January 23, 2019October 19, 2022

Climate change and the border wall are more connected than you might think.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The City I Love is Destroying Itself

by Sari Botton November 16, 2018October 19, 2022

In an interview illustrated with gifs created by the author, Nicole Antebi talks with historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.

Posted inCurrent Events, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

The City I Love Is Destroying Itself

by Nicole Antebi November 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.

Posted inCurrent Events, Editor's Pick, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews

The City I Love Is Destroying Itself

by Nicole Antebi November 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

Querida Angelita

by Longreads October 15, 2018October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story

‘Like Floating Through a Library’: An Interview with Nick Paumgarten

by Aaron Gilbreath May 7, 2018October 19, 2022

The New Yorker writer takes readers through the riparian heart of Big Bend National Park.

Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes

Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal?

by Aaron Gilbreath March 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?

Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story

An Interview with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Jason De León

by Matt Giles October 18, 2017October 19, 2022

The anthropologist studies the objects left behind by migrants as they cross the border.

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