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American-owned assembly line factories known as maquilas that line the Mexican side of the border with the U.S. have been bracing for change since the election of Donald Trump, but perhaps not in the way you might expect. -
KPBS Midday EditionSince the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has spent over $100 billion on border security technology — cameras, drones, aerostats airborne patrols, fencing and walls. But horses and the agents riding them are patrolling terrain that technology alone can't alone control. -
KPBS Midday EditionIf you died in the Grand Canyon during the 19th century, chances are you were buried where you fell. But in the early 1900s, pioneers found a clearing about a quarter mile from the south rim amidst the ponderosa pine. Park Cultural Program Manager Ellen Brennan said it’s one of the few places that doesn’t have kaibab limestone at the surface. -
KPBS Midday EditionBusinesses in the American and Mexican food and beverage industry are finding it difficult to swallow the new agreement for trading sugar between the two countries. But deal seems to be palatable for producers of alternative sweeteners. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn Fry Bread Nation, we explore Navajo food staples like mutton, blue corn mush and fry bread. Some are a source of strength while others carry hidden risks. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn Fry Bread Nation, we explore Navajo food staples like mutton, blue corn mush and fry bread. Some are a source of strength while others carry hidden risks. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn Fry Bread Nation, we explore Navajo food staples like mutton, blue corn mush and fry bread. Some are a source of strength while others carry hidden risks. -
Global warming looms large in the Southwest as rising temperatures threaten to diminish already scarce water supplies. -
KPBS Midday EditionMexico will elect a new president next year. Although President Trump has now at least temporarily delayed withdrawing the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement, continued uncertainty over NAFTA and Trump's plans for a border wall are roiling Mexican politics. -
Legislation has been proposed in Mexico City to boycott U.S. corn in response to a number of economic threats against Mexico voiced by President Donald Trump.
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