Samuel Gilbert
Inside the Border Security Expo, Where Companies Sell Surveillance Tech to CBP
The expo features a 'Sharpshooter Classic' shooting competition and hundreds of companies trying to get huge government contracts to militarize the border.
Why Violence Persists in New Mexico's Indigenous Border Towns
Many of the state’s Indigenous residents live or depend upon its border towns where they have long come to work and trade. But they exist against a backdrop of racism, poverty, murder, police violence, and preventable deaths.
Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later
Residents say they've been ignored even as they struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.
The Man Who Helped Design a 10,000-Year Nuclear Waste Site Marker
Astro-artist Jon Lomberg, a longtime friend and colleague of Carl Sagan, on protecting future humans from America’s atomic past.
The Man Who Helped Design a 10,000-Year Nuclear Waste Site Marker
Astro-artist Jon Lomberg, a longtime friend and colleague of Carl Sagan, on protecting future humans from America’s atomic past.
One Widow's Quest to Make Border Patrol Pay for Killing Her Husband
Her husband died after being beaten and tased by border agents, and now Maria Puga gets a chance to shame the United States in an international tribunal.
The Immigrant Crackdown Is a Cash Cow for Private Prisons
Detaining immigrants has turned into a very lucrative growth industry
Families Are Reuniting with Their Deported Loved Ones in the Middle of the Rio Grande
An event called Hugs Not Walls brought together 400 families who had been separated by deportation.
Native Superheroes Battle Old Stereotypes at the First Ever Indigenous Comic Con
The recent event, the first of its kind in the world, represents the growth of the subcultural vanguard of indigenous-created media that is slowly working its way into the multibillion dollar comic industry.
Lowriders Are the Beating Heart of Chicano Culture in the Southwest
Chicano men have been self-customizing American bombs and muscle cars into lowriders since the 40s. In recent years, the car culture has been particularly vibrant in New Mexico, cementing itself into predominantly chicano/hispanic neighborhoods.
The Forgotten Victims of the First Atomic Bomb Blast
More than 70 years after the nuclear testing that destroyed their community, the Tularosa Downwinders are looking for justice. But will they get it?
Exchanging Prisoners For Peace Is a Bad Deal For Palestine
The US may free an Israeli spy to boost the faltering Middle East talks. Such "goodwill gestures" have had little success so far, however.