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Tom Barry

Tom Barry is Director of the TransBorder Project at the Center for International Policy and author of Border Wars. He blogs at Border Lines.

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Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Toxic Tourism

Photo: Tom Barry According to Mexican tourism officials, magical experiences and eco-adventures

Law & Justice, Politics

Don't Defund, Just Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security

Republicans are right to obstruct funding for DHS—but they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

A Memorial for a Failed Border Policy

The author of the BR/MIT Press book Border Wars and longtime BR contributor examines the ruins of

Cowboys and Indians

On July 2, 2012, the day after Enrique Peña Nieto won the presidential election, a group of some

Politics

The Return of States’ Rights

Rick Perry does not simply keep his ear to the ground. He claims he is “conservative to the core,” and we can readily believe him.

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Border Wars

Border Wars offers a stark portrait of the domestic cost of failed federal leadership in the post-9/11 era.

Global Justice, Politics

Securing Arizona

Editors' Note: This article is now a BR Book! Tom Barry's Border Wars. Alan English /

Global Justice, Law & Justice

At War In Texas

Editors' Note: This article is now a BR Book! Tom Barry's Border Wars. Heads bowed in

Global Justice, Politics

A Death in Texas

Profits, poverty, and immigration converge

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