Borders
The Political Scene Podcast
What Draws Latino Voters to Trump
Geraldo Cadava, a historian and a contributing writer at The New Yorker, considers the issues that might be attracting a traditionally Democratic voting bloc to the Republican Party.
Letter from the Southwest
The Mexican Firefighting Crew That Saves Lives Across the Border
The Diablos, who live south of the Rio Grande, have fought many of the biggest fires in the American West. Do they have a future?
Daily Comment
Putin’s War Gives America a Chance to Get Serious About Refugees
The climate crisis will produce a huge wave of migrants, and we’re not ready.
Shouts & Murmurs
Finally, a World Without Borders! Only Now We’re Living in the 1995 Film “Waterworld,” Starring Kevin Costner
I use the term “aquatic utopia” loosely.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Can a Border Tax Help Slow a Borderless Crisis?
Unfettered free trade helped get us into the climate crisis. Perhaps there’s some poetic justice if restricting it can help with the solution.
Annals of a Warming Planet
There Are No Borders in a Climate Crisis
Greenhouse gases will still sail right across even the biggest, most beautiful wall.
Books
Human History and the Hunger for Land
From Bronze Age farmers to New World colonialists, the stories of struggle to claim more ground have shaped where and how we live.
Annals of Inquiry
The Case for Open Borders
In a new graphic-nonfiction book, a libertarian economist conjures an alternative reality in which immigration is unlimited all over the world.
Under Review
What Are Borders For?
For most of history, they marked sovereignty or self-determination. A new hardening suggests that their purpose has changed.
Shouts & Murmurs
Government Contract
Our Columnists
America’s Exclusionary Past and Present and the Judgment of History
The Trump Administration’s immigration policies are part of a shameful legacy that American democracy has struggled to escape.
Screening Room
“Best of Luck with the Wall” Puts the Borderlands Back in Context
Seeing the whole journey along the U.S.-Mexico border lengthwise, from the sky, prompts curiosity about the people living near the border, the people trying to cross it, and the people trying to stop others from crossing it.
This Week in Fiction
Cristina Henríquez on Immigration, Detention, and Missing Names
The Financial Page
E-Book Vs. P-Book
Page-Turner
Feeling Out Amazon New York
Page-Turner
Goodbye Borders: We’ll Miss You?
Page-Turner