The Accidental Outlaw: Volunteering at the US/Mexico Border
Part 3: The inevitability of being earnest (Click here to read Part 1 or Part 2) I went on patrol with Tonia and Kate the following day. Since there...
Part 3: The inevitability of being earnest (Click here to read Part 1 or Part 2) I went on patrol with Tonia and Kate the following day. Since there...
Emma Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011
I can not explain how shockingly hot it is along the border. After lunch, we split into new groups and took another seven mile stroll in the crippling heat.
Emma Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011
Not only had I apparently signed up to unintentionally protest against something I knew nothing about, I was also going to be marooned in the middle of the Arizona desert with a bunch of anarchists and hippies.
John Carlos Frey | Posted 05.25.2011
The 800 Mile Wall highlights the construction of border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and takes an unflinching look at failed U.S. border enforcement strategy.
Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011
The strategy of deterrence that drives both border enforcement and crackdowns on humanitarians is fundamentally flawed.
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011
Walt Staton of Tucson, Arizona could be sentenced to up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine. His crime? Leaving water in the Sonoran Desert for illegal immigrants.
Jean Vickers | Posted 05.25.2011
Sitting in Tucson's 7th District Representative Raul Grijalva's campaign office watching the first presidential debate, one is struck by the variety of the individuals in the room. Beyond the marked ethnic diversity, there was generational diversity.
Emma Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011