Michelle Vallejo Keeps the Progressive Flame Alive in the RGV
The 30-year-old congressional candidate could be the first Latina Democrat to represent the Valley in the U.S. House, if she can defeat a well-funded Republican.
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Guardian of the Guard
Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge, Operation Lone Star.
The River, At Night
Where the Rio Grande narrows, migrants take their chance.
The Final Frontera
Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Money, regulations, and public beaches are no object.
Resisting the Allure of Innocence
As the Biden administration works to reunite families who were separated at the border, it’s time to write a new narrative about who deserves protection.
For Greg Abbott, All the Border’s a Stage
But political theater can still get people hurt.
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Undocumented Immigrants Continue to Be Expelled From the U.S. Under Title 42 COVID-19 Measures
The Trump-era public health order was issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020 and calls for rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers without the right to trial, citing COVID-19.
‘Not Celebrating Yet’: South Texans Wait for Biden to Cancel Trump’s Wall
The president’s pause on wall construction leaves questions unanswered in Texas.
In ‘At the Ready,’ Latinx High Schoolers Train to Be Border Patrol Agents
A new documentary tells one story of the border through three conflicted young Texans’ job prospects, and the result is emotional, relational, and hard to categorize.