High Country News

A frantic lion meets the border wall

The U.S.-Mexico border wall does nothing to stop either drugs or illegal immigrants, but it sure can frustrate roaming wildlife, including mountain lions.

by Janay Brun, Nov 28, 2011
Borders and saints

Latino writer Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the border and remembers the women in his family who inspired him.

by Jennie Lay, Oct 29, 2007
Pulp friction

Philip Caputo's seventh novel, Crossers, amounts to little more than the literary equivalent of a popcorn flick.

by Brian Kevin, Mar 14, 2010
Southwestern farmers, lawmakers seek solutions to worker shortages

The Western Growers Association says its farmers need another 20,000 workers to harvest this winter’s crop, and President Bush endorses the idea of a guest-worker program to make it easier for migrant workers in the U.S.

by Tim Westby, Feb 20, 2006
The persistence of a golden time in the West

Seventy years after the publication of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, migrant workers still roam the West, eking out a tough living in its orchards and farm fields.

by David Frey , Apr 24, 2009
Bordering on injustice

Jimmy Santiago Baca's novel A Glass of Water compassionately describes the lives of Mexican immigrants.

by Don Waters, Sep 13, 2009
Travels in a sublime wasteland

In Sunshot: Peril and Wonder in the Grand Desierto, writer Bill Broyles and photographer Michael Berman explore the gritty desert on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands

by Michelle Pulich Stewart, Dec 11, 2006
Border Patrol Whack-a-Mole

The United States needs genuine immigration reform instead of the politically motivated shouting match that has taken the place of reasonable debate.

by John Mecklin, Feb 19, 2007
A hard-fought immigration victory

Lioudmila Krotova's family, Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union, fought for years to stay in the U.S.

by Krista J. Kaprolos, Oct 25, 2009
Racetrack

Arizona’s Proposition 200 would prevent noncitizens from voting, among other things; Utah’s Initiative 1 would spend money on open space and preservation; Ralph Nader will be on New Mexico’s ballot

by Laura Paskus, Oct 11, 2004