US Politics
The Concrete Scar: A Vanity Project, a Disregarded Community, and the Assault on the Big Bend
The Trump administration has begun constructing a border wall through the cherished Big Bend region of West Texas, marking a significant escalation in its pledge to line the southern border with barriers, walls, and technology. This act of brute-force imposition, pushed through a remote and ecologically sensitive area against the vociferous opposition of the people who live and steward that land, represents a profound desecration of our nation's democratic principles and a tragic assault on our environmental and cultural heritage in the name of a political promise.
