In the 1980s, in Tucson, activists and religious leaders joined forces to protect refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their collaboration helped galvanize the Sanctuary Movement, a humanitarian immigrant defense project that pioneered new models of citizen resistance. From @cetracey.bsky.social:

“A Theology of Smuggling” by @cetracey.bsky.social is the first article in our new collaboration with the School of Architecture + Planning @unm.edu, The On the Brinck | Places Prize, supporting ambitious public scholarship on the Southwestern U.S.

Coming in March from @wwnorton.com...

Friends who use Goodreads, @wwnorton.com is offering a giveaway of my book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History. You can enter until December 11! 🧂🌊🌈🌱 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Happening TODAY!! @cetracey.bsky.social presents her On the Brinck | Places Prize lecture, "The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands." Attend in-person, @unm.edu School of Architecture and Planning, or tune in on Zoom!

Don't miss this lecture by @cetracey.bsky.social on theology, colonialism and humanitarianism in the Southwestern U.S. — part of our On the Brinck | Places Prize collab with the School of Architecture + Planning @unm.edu. Albuquerque folks! Details below. Or join by Zoom: unm.zoom.us/j/97216782176

Caroline Tracey (@cetracey.bsky.social) is young at heart in Sun City. nyra.nyc/raising-arizona

Alaska reentry has its ups and downs but amazing reads are an up.

My debut book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History, coming in March from W.W. Norton, has a beautiful cover and is available for pre-order! Check it out at this link: www.amazon.com/Salt-Lakes-U...

Be like Todd! Pre-order Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History!

HBD Linda Ronstadt!! Recent book, rev via @cetracey.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/armp... ‪ ‪ Doc, rev via @katiewalshstx.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2019/09/12/l... Gives us the song of the day, with Neil, on his transplendent "Hangin on a Limb": www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXnH...

Important piece by @cetracey.bsky.social and also a new translation of ejido (to me anyway) - "ranching collective", I like it www.theborderchronicle.com/p/mexico-say...

The state of Sonora is one of the border states hardest hit by drought. Now Claudia Sheinbaum's govt is proposing 3 new dams. A local farmer sums up local sentiment best: “There’s no water,” said Díaz-Caravantes. “What good are three empty dams?” A great new piece today by @cetracey.bsky.social 🦂

For @thenation.com, I wrote about Alice Driver’s book, The Death and Life of the American Worker, about Mexican and Central immigrant organizing in the poultry processing plants of Arkansas—an important contribution to US labor journalism: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

For @thenation.com, I wrote about Alice Driver’s book, The Death and Life of the American Worker, about Mexican and Central immigrant organizing in the poultry processing plants of Arkansas—an important contribution to US labor journalism: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Review of dear @ambliopia.bsky.social’s not to be missed The Company — finally published in English! @cetracey.bsky.social does a great job threading Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s previous work, so if you’re new to her fabulous books, this is a good starting point.

"It is a meditation on mining and the damages of extraction, rendered through physical form, temporality, words, and images." @cetracey.bsky.social assesses the experimental book-art of Mexican author Verónica Gerber Bicecci. lareviewofbooks.org/article/form...

Thank you @cetracey.bsky.social for your generous review of «The Company»: lareviewofbooks.org/article/form... <3

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social I wrote about how artists help us reframe the conflict between the US and Mexico over the waters of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/how-artist...

In this week's Border Chronicle roundup we have some good news from @cetracey.bsky.social about a binational effort to save North America's birds. Then we got some Trump bad news (ah so much of it) about new militarized national defense areas on the border. A govt. source says CA and AZ are next. 🦂🤒

New article in PHG! In this essay I highlight the incredible work of queer theorists on critiquing systems of gender, sexuality, and race within our built environment. Next I argue for the epistemic potential of overlooked spaces, namely the borderland, to rethink how we build our world, literally.

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂🦅 in collaboration w/ @highcountrynews.org by @cetracey.bsky.social The grasslands of Sonora, Mexico, haven’t seen bird counts in 15 years. Now, ranchers and biologists are teaming up to assess, and protect, North America's avian diversity.

🪺🌾 For a special collaboration between @highcountrynews.org and @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about @skyislandalliance.org’swork to monitor birds and restore grassland ecosystems in Sonora, Mexico 🌾🪺: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/searching-...

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I interviewed legendary journalist Alma Guillermoprieto about her new book The Years of Blood, out now from Duke UP: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/i-wish-thi...

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about two sound art projects centering the borderlands, the Dia Foundation’s Echoes from the Borderlands and UTEP rhetoric professors’ Border Soundscapes: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/listening-...

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social I wrote about FLUJOS, a newly launched project by researchers @socialpixel.bsky.social @lucasbelury.bsky.social that uses machine learning to update flood maps in Texas' Rio Grande Valley: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/seeking-fl...

Check out this article on the FLUJOS RGV project, we go-created a flood mapping tool with community based organizations in South Texas.

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social I wrote about FLUJOS, a newly launched project by researchers @socialpixel.bsky.social @lucasbelury.bsky.social that uses machine learning to update flood maps in Texas' Rio Grande Valley: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/seeking-fl...

🌊 For the Border Chronicle, I translated Mexican writer Diego Rodríguez Landeros’ essay about the history of dams and water in Sonora. Very timely as the Río Sonora faces a proposal to build three new dams. Read here: t.co/y6CA0spHFW

🌊 For the Border Chronicle, I translated Mexican writer Diego Rodríguez Landeros’ essay about the history of dams and water in Sonora. Very timely as the Río Sonora faces a proposal to build three new dams. Read here: t.co/y6CA0spHFW

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I reported on the fight against the Saguaro Energía gas pipeline and export terminal—one of the biggest threats to the Sonoran Desert, the Gulf of California, and in turn the world’s marine biodiversity.

This is a great piece from @cetracey.bsky.social and @theborderchronicle.bsky.social. I have some more coverage here on the Sierra Madre pipeline and the many problems with the financing for Saguaro LNG gasoutlook.com/long-read/or...

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I reported on the fight against the Saguaro Energía gas pipeline and export terminal—one of the biggest threats to the Sonoran Desert, the Gulf of California, and in turn the world’s marine biodiversity.

It was a pleasure to talk to Chris of @90mfn.bsky.social about the Plan Sonora. A must listen if you care about deserts, the borderlands, and the Gulf of California!

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about the fiction of Fernando A. Flores @fsgbooks.bsky.social: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/uncanny-ri...

A dozen eggs cost $6 at my farmer’s market right now and $12 at Safeway. I do feel like the local food movement has been saying this was going to happen for 30 years

Some exciting changes at The Border Chronicle. Meet our new reporters @pablodelarosa.bsky.social & @cetracey.bsky.social But we need your support to continue! We're the only outlet devoted to reporting, context, and analysis from the U.S.-Mexico border region, from a border perspective. 🦂🔥

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote the first installment in a series about the controversial energy development plan called Plan Sonora: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-is-pl...

For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about photographer David Taylor’s exhibition COMPLEX and what it can teach us about keeping watch on border surveillance: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/americas-g...

Wishing a merry “important tax return documents enclosed” season to all freelancers

Flying out of DIA where they just paged David Harvey. Guess he’s taking an airplane to get a spatial fix

there’s a thing one can do called quitting

-In English how do people say, like, ‘ash’? -I dunno maybe like ‘ugh’? -Pero sí dicen ‘ash.’ -No…not really… -Ash.

Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/

“Qué significará ‘DIP’” “It’s like a place where the road goes down” “No, no soy PENDEJA, sé que es un ‘DIP,’ pero quiero saber qué significan las LETRAS del ACRONYM de esos que a ustedes gringos les MAMAN, Dive Into Pavement o una mamada así” “Oh no…in this case it’s just a word” “Oh ok”

🏞️ My first piece for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social and the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers’ Grant, about the artists and scientists grieving and reviving the Santa Cruz River, is up! www.theborderchronicle.com/p/1c71708f-c...

I’m thrilled to be joining @theborderchronicle.bsky.social to cover arts and the environment—and to participate in building a scrappy, nerdy, Tucson-based newsroom alongside @mdelbosque.bsky.social and @rolltodd.bsky.social!

“Aquí en la shamba” [ya andamos en el norte]

“Calidad e inocuidad de la leche”

“¡Higiene y buen trato!”