Border links

  • Center for International Policy Americas Program Excellent news and analysis of policy on Mexico and the Americas from a progressive perspective
  • Across the Border border/Tijuana focused blog of Anna Cearley-Rivas, journalist who worked for 14 years at the The San Diego Union Tribune covering Tijuana and the border @USC, Los Angeles
  • ArtePolitik.com discussion forum created by Ian Dosland to build a bridge between the world of art and politics. @San Diego
  • Border Beat online student-run newspaper which focuses on issues relating to the U.S.-Mexico border. @University of Arizona School of Journalism, Tucson
  • Border encuentro Website of an org that produces binational social events at the U.S.-Mexico border  “to bring people together by finding a theme that has no borders”  @San Diego/Tijuana at Friendship Park where the border wall descends into the Pacific Ocean
  • Border Explorer Blog by Billie Greenwood, member of No More Deaths  @El Paso
  • Borderlands Team of the Sierra Club  blog entries by members of the Borderlands Team. Works to stop legislation mandating the construction of more border walls/to ensure mitigation begins to move forward/ to repeal Section 102 of the REAL ID ACT, which allows the federal government to sweep aside any law that impedes construction of more wall/ to educate the public about the humanitarian crisis on the border, where thousands of people have lost their lives because of militarization of the border.
  • Border Realities.org a collaborative effort to give a human face to issues related to the US-Mexico border region. @Tucson
  • border stories: a mosaic documentary us/mexico is re-imagining the documentary, one with no beginning, middle, or end. Its only linear aspect is the border itself. @contributors in various cities
  • Border Wall in the News a grassroots national coalition of groups and individuals united in our belief that a border wall will not stop illegal immigration or smuggling and will not make the United States any safer. @Lower Rio Grande Valley
  • Borderlines: Tom Barry of Center for International Policy @Washington, D.C.
  • Borderzine.com journalism across fronteras.  A web community for student Latino journalists @UT El Paso
  • California Chapparal Institute   Website by Rick Halsey dedicated to educating San Diego County readers about the local chapparal ecosystem, with maps, articles, news and discussions. @San Diego
  • Casa de Cultural Obrera Un espacio para el arte, la lucha y la organización social, laboral y etcétera. @Tijuana
  • Centro de Informacion para Trabajadoras y Trabajadores, A.C. defends human and workers’ rights, create autonomous and democratic organizations @Tijuana
  • Cognate Collective A group of artists, artisans and vendors seeking to activate the San Diego-Tijuana border as a site of exchange, consumption and dialogue @San Ysidro Port of Entry
  • El Zonkey Show Popular culture blog about Tijuana with acerbic wit & wicked sense of humor, brought to you by Enrique Limón @San Diego/Tijuana
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation champions the public interest, freedom of speech, privacy, innovation in critical battles affecting digital rights @San Francisco
  • Friends of Friendship Park Organization whose goal is to restore the integrity of Friendship Park, located on the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego/Tijuana
  • Frontera NorteSur provides on-line news coverage and analysis of events taking place in the US-Mexico border region. @New Mexico State, Las Cruces
  • ImmPolitic blog produced by National Immigration Forum covering immigration legislation and media reports @Washington D.C.
  • International League of Conservation Photographers Borderlands RAVE to further environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography @Arlington, VA
  • La Casa del Tunel a place for culture, community and the environment. @Colonia Federal, Tijuana
  • Lee Maril.com a sociologist and author of “Patrolling Chaos” and “The Fence” who  has been studying the U.S.-Mexico borderlands since moving to the border in 1975 @East Carolina University
  • Low Drone: Angel Nevarez and Alex Rivera a satirical website on border surveillance
  • New America Media the country’s first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations. @San Francisco
  • No Border Wall a grassroots national coalition of groups and individuals united in our belief that a border wall will not stop illegal immigration or smuggling and will not make the United States any safer. @Lower Rio Grande Valley
  • oh my tj a bunch of kids crashing the town–arts & culture blog @Tijuana
  • Pasaje Gomez  Art & culture space located on the east side of Revolucion, with entrances on Av. Madero y Av. Revolucion in downtown Tijuana.
  • Pasaje Rodriguez   Art & culture space located between 3rd & 4th on the west side of Revolucion, in downtown Tijuana.  Entrance right next to the Casino Caliente.
  • Project Steev New and Improved. blog of  Steev Hise: videographer, media activist, composer, artist, reluctant geek @Tucson
  • Reacciona Tijuana Coalition of 5000 individuals, mostly young people, across Tijuana ( and other cities in Mexico) working “to awaken in citizens an interest in improving the quality of life and well-being of the city though individual and collective action. @Tijuana
  • Reactivando Epacios  Local Tijuana website promoting the development of the historic commercial spaces of Tijuana’s Zona Centro. @Tijuana
  • The Real Tijuana local blog dedicated to “demythifying” Tijuana & Baja California @Tijuana
  • San Diego CityBeat Alt-weekly covering local arts, music & politics @San Diego
  • San Diego Foundation for Change A foundation dedicated to create a passionate community of support for progressive leaders and organizations in the San Diego/ Tijuana region. @San Diego
  • San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) A coalition of 25 local organizations dedicated to immigrant rights through policy development, support services, education & direct action to stop abusive practices that target immigrants. @San Diego
  • Sonicanta. be.HEAR.now.   improvised recordings by sound artist Glenn Weyant, made by playing the border walls, fences and assorted ephemera found along the U.S./Mexico border in and around Nogales, Arizona @Tucson
  • Source Watch: A project of the Center for Media and Democracy collaborative resource for citizens and journalists looking for documented information about the corporations, industries, and people trying to sway public opinion. @Madison, Wisconsin
  • Southern Border Communities Coalition  Formed in March 2011, the Southern Border Communities Coalition brings together 60 organizations from San Diego, CA to Brownsville, TX to promote policies that improve border communities and promote fairness and accountability in border enforcement practices.
  • Stairs to Nowhere: Tijuana Tales by Kinsee Morlan Local blog covering arts & culture in Tijuana  @San Diego currently
  • Subtopia: A Field Guide to Military Urbanism a blog by Bryan Finoki of the Woodbury School of Architecture dedicated to understanding the spatial dimensions of military power and implications on urban development @San Diego
  • Tijuanalandia photoblog of Jason Thomas Fritz, a journalist and graduate student at San Diego State University @Tijuana
  • Tijuanatrolley blog of Tijuana resident and bookseller Lynn DeWeese Parkinson@Tijuana
  • Trans-Border News Blog  Border news & analysis from the Trans-Border Institute of The University of San Diego@San Diego
  • Turista Libre series of atypical international day tours in Tijuana, Mexico, a caravan that trounces around the city in search of the overlooked and underrated led by Derrik Chin @Tijuana
  • Voice of San Diego.org award-winning online news source  @San Diego
  • Wockner Rex Wockner is an American freelance journalist who has reported news for the gay and mainstream press since 1985. Wockner covers GLBT news and events in Tijuana and Baja California @San Diego