Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

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Latin American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He spent 2024 conducting ...

The shrinking of a mighty Mexican river has hollowed out the economy of Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.

Drought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.

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