'It's easy for a foreign (and dubious) government to purchase influence in Texas, a state where the political system is already purpose-built to allow rich folks to buy influence.' Christopher Hooks on Henry Cuellar's indictment and Azerbaijan's lobbying here: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

It’s always good to know how they really feel and what their opposition to the protests is really about.

A recent report documents how India’s shrimp is farmed and processed by a highly exploited workforce, rife with horrific abuses—to then be sold to many of the largest U.S. grocery retailers, often with a sustainability promise.

Grey Moran reports ⬇️
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BREAKING: While everybody's paying attention to Texas Medical Board reviewing abortion rules, Texas' Maternal Mortality task force revealed a bombshell

They just learned the state has been withholding abortion-related death cases from them all along

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Almost a year ago, 40 men were left to die in a cell during a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez. The deaths came as Mexico’s migrant detention system expands with US-backing. Lighthouse Reports El Paso Matters & @LaVerdadJZ reveal what really happened that night

New report from No More Deaths | No Más Muertes reveals the human cost of a militarized border. This image stood out to me. Deaths exploded in 2019-- the year that portions of the El Paso wall were heightened to 30 feet, and Remain in Mexico was implemented. The Pathology is Political.

U.S. immigration policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross the Rio Grande at dangerous choke points.

Those who don't make it are often never identified. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

For ProPublica and Outside, a story I've been working on for nearly 2 years: about wildland firefighters and the government that employs them. Thanks to the wildland firefighters who shared so much. And to the inimitable Kit Rachlis propublica.org/article/wildla…

As the world's most powerful look toward The Lithium Triangle – Chile, Argentina, Bolivia – as key to taking on the climate crisis, the region's native people worry mining will mean sacrificing their life force: Water.

With Victor R. Caivano & Rodrigo Abd for The Associated Press apnews.com/article/lithiu…

Here's a new resource that searches CBP's 2020-24 dataset.

Example: many people from Ecuador did USBP apprehend in Tucson in January? (1,517, or 7% of all Tucson family migrants)

Been working on this for a while, it's now solid enough to share publicly: cbpdata.adamisacson.com

When you invite me on a podcast, you end up closing with “this is even more complicated than I thought.” It’s just how this goes.

(Seriously this was a good convo, pass along to smart generalist friends.)

As water allotment travels south in the Rio Grande/Bravo into Texas and Mexico this week it has created more danger for migrants crossing, like this migrant in Juàrez who nearly drowned this morning. 🎥: Christian Torres Chavez #Borderlands

.The Guardian - Migrants mired in transit as #Mexico becomes US’s immigration enforcer theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Escribí este episodio para Radio Ambulante , sobre irte de tu pais, la amistad y las promesas imposibles que hacen los que se van y los que se quedan. Ojalá lo escuchen. (Una versión en inglés salió en This American Life hace poco.)

U.S. immigration policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross the Rio Grande at dangerous choke points.

Those who don't make it are often never identified. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

More Migrants Are Drowning in the Rio Grande Than Ever. No Agency Is Keeping Track of How Many. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

“What’s the point of the task force for reunification if we’re just going to leave them with the threat of re-separation?'

Families separated under Trump won a new opportunity to seek asylum. But without legal counsel, the odds are stacked against them: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Food production has an enormous impact on the environment. Nikolaj CosterWaldau sets out to find sustainable ways to help feed the world on the next episode of An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet. Stay tuned: trib.al/cXjMOBm

Tour rookie Jake Knapp wins Mexico Open despite driver woes - ESPN apple.news/AeggeZ1z5SGSWa…