Fronteras Desk News
Leonard Knight, the creator of the California desert artwork known as Salvation Mountain, has died. He was 82.
Feb. 11, 2014
A new analysis from U.S. Health and Human Services estimates that about eight out of ten Latinos across the nation qualify for tax credits to buy a health plan through Obamacare or for Medicaid.
Feb. 11, 2014
Asylum petitions more than doubled from 2012 to 2013. Members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hosted a hearing Tuesday looking into allegations of fraud among asylum applicants.
Feb. 11, 2014
Early settlers braved Apache raids to soak in the so-called healing waters of Truth or Consequences. Today the town's economy is built around them, but lately locals have begun to worry about the abundance of their precious natural resource.
Feb. 11, 2014
One in four families in America currently faces medical debt. The Affordable Care Act aims to curb issues with health care access, and in turn lessen debt. But in an Obamacare America, some populations continue to be barred from access and could still be facing mounting bills.
Feb. 11, 2014
A Mexican man has been sentenced to three decades in prison for the 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Feb. 10, 2014
The San Diego mayor’s race has opened up a debate over inequality, revealing a city that is starkly divided.
Feb. 10, 2014
Two border congressmen are working across party lines on a bill that aims to hold federal border agents accountable for abuses.
Feb. 10, 2014
The week's top stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk.
Feb. 8, 2014
A drone aircraft from Holloman Air Force Base crashed Friday morning during a test, forcing the closure of White Sands National Monument.
Feb. 7, 2014
Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act was designed in part to give more people access to health insurance and could solve a number of problems for low-income people: better access to care, better health outcomes, and a reduction of medical debt. However, those who fall through the cracks run the risk of not having care or running up huge medical bills.
Feb. 7, 2014
Winemakers in Baja California’s Guadalupe Valley are raising their glasses to a future without condos and traffic jams.
Feb. 6, 2014
Congress set aside $125 million in the new farm bill to help beat back an attack on the nation's citrus trees.
Feb. 6, 2014
A fire broke out in an underground nuclear waste repository in southeastern New Mexico on Wednesday morning.
Feb. 5, 2014
The likely Republican nominee for Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has announced his campaign’s platform for securing the 1,300-mile Texas-Mexico border.
Feb. 5, 2014
A national scholarship program that is targeting undocumented immigrant students called dreamers is being launched Tuesday.
Feb. 4, 2014
Three California natives pleaded guilty to smuggling immigrants through a hole in the U.S.-Mexico border fence and then transporting them inland via private plane.
Feb. 4, 2014
A developing scandal involving the pop singer children of a Mexican drug lord is raising questions about the tight connections between politicians, pop culture and the cartels.
Feb. 3, 2014
A man accused of plotting to kill a United States consulate worker and her husband is set to go to trial this week in El Paso.
Feb. 3, 2014
At the root of San Diego’s recent campaign finance scandal lies the topic of outside donations, and the illegality of foreign money used to influence stateside elections.
Feb. 3, 2014
