Documentaries and feature stories on social, economic, legal, and environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. Spanish versions of several stories aired on Radio Bilingüe’s Noticiero Latino.
Border Stories
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Barbara Ferry
Border Stories
Borderland Jaguars
Barbara Ferry
Border Stories
Borderland Jaguars
On the trail of an elusive cat that used to prowl the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico.
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Sandy Tolan
Border Stories
Agua en Juárez (Spanish)
Sandy Tolan
Border Stories
Agua en Juárez (Spanish)
The explosive growth in Ciudad Juárez has put unprecedented pressure on the region’s water resources. Residents and officials search for solutions as the aquifer drains. In Spanish.
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Victoria Mauleón
Border Stories
Colonia Panorama, Tejas (Spanish)
Victoria Mauleón
Border Stories
Colonia Panorama, Tejas (Spanish)
A Mexican immigrant organizes the residents of his slum on the Texas side of the Mexican border. In Spanish.
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Sam Quiñones
World Views
Tijuana Opera
Sam Quiñones
World Views
Tijuana Opera
Tijuana has been known for bullfights and beer, but the Mexican border city also has a growing opera community. Recitals and lectures are frequent, Tijuana natives are studying and performing in opera’s European citadels, and the city now has its first opera.
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Victoria Mauleón
World Views
Panorama, Texas
Victoria Mauleón
World Views
Panorama, Texas
A Mexican immigrant organizes the residents of his slum on the Texas side of the Mexican border.
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Barbara Ferry
World Views
Border Soldiers
Barbara Ferry
World Views
Border Soldiers
A story from 2003 about how the then-new U.S. war in Iraq was affecting the Juárez, Mexico, families of American soldiers fighting overseas.
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Cecilia Vaisman
World Views
The Cross of Juárez
Cecilia Vaisman
World Views
The Cross of Juárez
A wave of assassinations of women factory workers in Ciudad Juárez shows no sign of abating, and trust between the twin cities of El Paso and Juárez has given way to a climate of fear.
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Cecilia Vaisman
Border Stories
La Cruz de Juárez (Spanish)
Cecilia Vaisman
Border Stories
La Cruz de Juárez (Spanish)
A wave of assassinations of women factory workers in Ciudad Juárez shows no sign of abating, and trust between the twin cities of El Paso and Juárez has given way to a climate of fear. Spanish version.
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Alan Weisman
Border Stories
LA Ecovillage
Alan Weisman
Border Stories
LA Ecovillage
Bringing ecological living to an urban slum neighborhood and a Mexican-American barrio, complete with electric low-riders and solar-powered rap recording studios.
The term “ecovillage” evokes pastoral visions of earthen homes and glistening solar panels. But in cosmopolitan Los Angeles, the idea of ecological alternative living gets stretched to include an urban slum neighborhood and a Mexican-American barrio, complete with electric low-riders and solar-powered rap recording studios. -
Barbara Ferry
World Views
Eco Pilot
Barbara Ferry
World Views
Eco Pilot
American flyer Sandy Lanham helps Mexican environmentalists track endangered wildlife. Winner of the 2002 Gracie Allen Award.
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Sandy Tolan
Border Stories
High and Dry in Juárez
Sandy Tolan
Border Stories
High and Dry in Juárez
The explosive growth in Ciudad Juárez has put unprecedented pressure on the region’s water resources. Residents and officials race to find solutions as the aquifer drains.
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Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Casas de Paja Sonorense (Spanish)
Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Casas de Paja Sonorense (Spanish)
A story of the birth of a sustainable housing movement in Sonora, in northern Mexico. In Spanish.
A story of the birth of a sustainable housing movement in Sonora, in northern Mexico.This Spanish-language version of “Straw Bale Homes in Mexico” was reported and produced by Alan Weisman and narrated by Marco Vinicio Gonzalez.
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Sandy Tolan
World Views
A Bean of a Different Color
Sandy Tolan
World Views
A Bean of a Different Color
How a humble bean spurred an international trade dispute and served as a metaphor for mounting intellectual property battles in the new global economy.
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Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Straw Bale Homes in Mexico
Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Straw Bale Homes in Mexico
The birth of a sustainable housing movement in Sonora, in northern Mexico.
The birth of a sustainable housing movement in Sonora, in northern Mexico. A Spanish-language version is also available. -
Sandy Tolan
World Views
Coming North
Sandy Tolan
World Views
Coming North
A visit to a shelter for transients in the Mexican border town of Nogales, where would-be migrants prepare for the harrowing trip across the border to the United States.
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Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Laguna Madre
Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Laguna Madre
A profile of people and place – a fragile ecosystem spanning both sides of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo near the Gulf of Mexico.
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Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Laguna Madre (Spanish)
Alan Weisman
Border Stories
Laguna Madre (Spanish)
A profile of people and place – a fragile ecosystem spanning both sides of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo near the Gulf of Mexico. Spanish version.