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Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Can This Tech Company’s Digital Border Wall Secure it More Government Defense Contracts?

by Aaron Gilbreath June 13, 2018October 19, 2022

Looking inside the new tech company who is building a cost-effective digital wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

Trump’s Wall Would Devastate Big Bend National Park

by Aaron Gilbreath April 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Join Nick Paumgarten on a trip down the Rio Grande to understand what we’d lose if Trump’s border wall destroys this ecosystem.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

Poets Talk to Poets about the Border Wall

by Aaron Gilbreath May 11, 2017October 19, 2022

In this roundtable, poets from around this world discuss the role borders play in their lives.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction

by Colin Dickey April 3, 2017October 19, 2022

Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.

Posted inArts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction

Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction

by Colin Dickey April 3, 2017October 19, 2022

Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin.

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