Editor Nina Chase and report contributors Caroline Filice Smith and Elaine McMillion Sheldon present the report Appalachia Rising and discuss key themes and findings.

Kathleen Kambic charts the complicated regime controlling and managing water in the Rio Grande valley and considers the region’s future as it faces climate change and water scarcity.

Filmmaker John Acosta offers glimpses of life in New Mexico’s Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Miguel Calatayud believes that algae could be the future of agriculture in arid lands.

Theodore Jojola and Saray Argumedo translate traditional planning methodologies into values and language meaningful and relevant to Indigenous communities.

Lucia Veronica Carmona narrates her story of life along the US-Mexico border, searching for her identity and improving its communities.

Tina Cordova, cofounder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, describes her work raising awareness and seeking justice for those affected by Trinity Site nuclear test.

Lyla June and Oliver Enjady present their song and poem “Water is Life (Oliver’s Song),” a testament to water’s central importance in Mescalero Apache culture.