Environmental justice news and analysis rooted in San Antonio and the South Texas bioregion
Greg Harman BROWNSVILLE, Texas—As the number of asylum seekers crowded in a Matamoros tent camp swells across the river from Brownsville, ordinary people from a range of community aid and migrant solidarity organizations are calling for assistance. Last weekend, Deceleration met members of Team Brownsville, Angry Tias and Abuelas of […]
As part of #TargetMPP, witnesses begin reporting back on the disastrous impact of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program in Brownsville/Matamoros. Marisol Cortez I met Joshua Rubin, I think, at an action down in Carrizo Springs last summer, outside a new child detention facility set to open its door to fresh […]
Interfaith Welcome Coalition invites people of conscience to a powerful action that begins this Sunday, January 12, and continues “until the policy of MPP [Migrant Protection Protocols] is reversed and asylum rights restored.” Witness and Protest WHERE: Brownsville, TX / Matamoros, MX WHEN: On January 12, 2020, we begin a sustained presence […]
A Deceleration news summary of WTF happened this week. And maybe how to make it all better. (Week of 02.05.2018) Greg Harman Sprawl, What-Me-Worry? lawmakers, smog, and the big ass water pipes that keep fueling the asthma-inducing flames of ill-informed development. San Antonians have been struggling against these intertwining challenges […]
Words by Marisol Cortez / Photos and Video by Greg Harman Last weekend, Deceleration tripped down to the Rio Grande Valley for the Latino Comics Expo, held in Brownsville—the southernmost city in Texas, nestled on the northern bank of the Rio Grande that sutures Tejas and México before it spills into the […]