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Border

Best Article World

How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico

The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border—and the U.S. drug operation that sparked it.

Ginger Thompson ProPublica, National Georgraphic Jun 2017 35min Permalink

History Politics

Staging the Frontier

In the Southwest’s border region, historical reenactment meets today’s reality.

Valeria Luiselli New Yorker Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Crime

Over the Line

What happens when U.S. border patrol kills—in Mexico?

Taylor Dolven Vice News Jun 2017 10min Permalink

Crime Politics

The Taking

How the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence.

T. Christian Miller, Kiah Collier, Julián Aguilar ProPublica, Texas Tribune Dec 2017 40min Permalink

Health

Unclaimed

On a mysterious migrant in a San Diego hospital bed, and the thousands of families who hope that he’s theirs.

Brooke Jarvis California Sunday Dec 2016 Permalink

The Legend of Elden Kidd, America’s Most Dedicated, Most Creative People Smuggler

A decade in the life of America’s wiliest coyote.

Kathy Dobie GQ Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Politics Health

The Devil is Loose

Paramedics pick up the pieces on the Texas-Mexico border.

Abe Streep California Sunday Aug 2016 20min Permalink

Sex World Travel

Crossing Over

The life of a trans woman on the border between El Paso and Juárez.

Jonathan Blitzer Oxford American Sep 2015 Permalink

Kidnapped at the Border

Kidnappers in Mexico have changed their business model from retail to wholesale—instead of extorting a handful of rich families, they are targeting thousands of undocumented migrants.

Sarah Stillman New Yorker Apr 2015 40min Permalink

Crime Politics

Going It Alone

Elias Pompa is the lone deputy in one of the poorest counties in Texas. He is also at the center of the U.S. border crisis.

Eli Saslow Washington Post Aug 2014 Permalink

World

Ghosts of the Rio Grande

On the hundreds of corpses that go unindentified every year along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Brendan Borrell The American Prospect Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Arts

The End of Borders and the Future of Books

The demise of America’s favorite mega-bookstore and the factors beyond the e-book boom that fueled the book retail meltdown.

Ben Austen Businessweek Nov 2011 10min Permalink

Crime World

Life on the Line

The intertwined destinies of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.

Andrew Rice New York Times Magazine Jul 2011 35min Permalink