If you haven’t following Arizona’s “shipping container wall” debacle, please read this story of spontaneous resistance and solidarity by Ryan Devereaux, and check out the accompanying thread:

BAD MEXICANS by @KellyLytleHernandez situates cross-border radicalism at the very center of our continental history. In a field where where border narratives have long been siloed, diminished, or erased, it's a powerful antidote. My review for The New York Review of Books: nybooks.com/articles/2023/…

My review of Hector Tobar's OUR MIGRANT SOULS in New York Times Books, a resonant meditation on the many meanings of "Latino":

Damning report on the murder of Raymond Mattia by BP agents in the tiny tribal community of Menagers Dam. A quote from Mattia's niece that resonates across the borderlands: “They’re walking around like it’s the war zone. This is a village. People live here."

This one needs no extra commentary from me, the headline says it all. Should be dominating news cycles, where you at mainstream media?

The Pulitzer Prize is poised to lift its citizenship requirement—stay tuned next week for new language. This wouldn't be happening if not for the organizing and awareness-boosting of @jzsalvipoet, @ingrid_rojas_c, open-letter signatories, and more. Thread and article below:

The Pulitzer Prize officially lifts its citizenship requirement, expanding eligibility for the Books, Drama and Music awards "to include permanent residents of the United States and those who have made the United States their longtime primary home." 🌅 pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-…

Biden militarizing border wall and, in doing so, trampling Indigenous sovereignty, endangering migrants, and hurting ecosystems is not just a "Trumpian" move. It actually follows in legacy of Democrats like Obama & Clinton - who first started push to militarize southern border.

My review of SEEING RED by Michael Witgen, finalist for last year's Pulitzer Prize in The New York Review of Books. As an examination of the narratives and policies that enabled sweeping and quotidian forms of dispossession (and ongoing resistance), it's as relevant now as ever: nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

Francisco Cantú (Francisco Cantú) on the long history of American settlers, traders, diplomats, and politicians plundering land and resources from Native tribes go.nybooks.com/3VoRKLw