Cheap Energy, Cheap Irrigation in Chihuahua

Las Lajas Reservoir near Flores Magón in central Chihuahua / Tom Barry Drought and climate change are the proper framing for the water wars ...

Irrigating the Desert – with Electricity

Chihuahua Chronicles #6 Farmland is edging out the desert and grasslands throughout Chihuahua. Along the main highways and between the mount...

Police Shoot to Protect Illegal Mennonite Well in Chihuahua

Chihuahua Chronicles #5 Dismantling Mennonite well in Campo 83 / Tom Barry New deep well drilling has spread across Chihuahua and business  ...

Politics of Climate Change in Chihuahua

Planning what illegal wells to shut down / Tom Barry During recent trips to the Mexican borderlands and into central Chihuahua, I have been ...

New Chihuahua Water Wars -- Police Fire First Shots

Chihuahua Chronicles #4 Bullet shells on plat map of illegal wells and dams in Santa Clara basin / Tom Barry The brass bullet shells lay str...

Desert America -- Rubén Martínez Tells His Story by Telling Their Stories

Crossing Over by Rubén Martínez is the best book-length treatment of Mexican immigration. That’s largely because Martínez didn’t focus as m...