Ten Across

If you're curious to learn more about how media organizations choose their political coverage, especially in an election year, you won't want to miss this discussion between Ten Across founder Wellington Reiter, FAIA and the award-winning political correspondent James Fallows. Watch as Duke and James share their thoughts on how current political media has missed the mark in communicating critical information to voters and the public, as well as the need for quality local journalism in a more digital and partisan era: https://lnkd.in/g6SwH8gN Don't have time to watch the video? Listen to this discussion on the go on the #TenAcrossConversations podcast: https://lnkd.in/g2aBau6r #USElections #journalism #democracy

The Ten Across region is on the frontline of U.S. and Mexico’s international and business relations providing unique insights into the ever-evolving relationship between the two countries in particular the impacts of free trade. In 2017-18, the Trump administration was successful in negotiating a controversial sunset clause for the landmark United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. This clause introduced a rare review and renegotiation process at the six-year mark on this commitment, with the option to withdraw 10 years prior to expiration, without penalty, if a consensus is not reached. Many Canadian and Mexican negotiators were unfavorable of this condition due to the uncertainty it would inspire for international relations and the business community.     According to Tony Payan, executive director of Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico, following an opening of relations and trade in the 90s with the North American Free Trade Agreement, a protectionist attitude between the US and Mexico has been growing since the 2008 recession. Learn why this is the case in the final episode of our limited 10X Border Series: https://lnkd.in/gtzxbXjq    Episodes 1-4 of this series are available at our website, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g2W92ESm    #freetrade #NAFTA #USMexicoRelations  

Can Mexico’s new president help the country achieve climate resilience and greater energy security given her experience as an energy engineer and contributor to previous International Panel on Climate Change reports? Upon closer examination of current national affairs and infrastructure, many experts are skeptical.     In the final episode of our limited Ten Across Conversations series on the US-Mexico border, Tony Payan, executive director of Rice University’s Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico, provides a forecast of major political considerations between the two nations as both prepare to transition presidential administrations and to renegotiate a critical trade agreement in 2026.    Listen in as Ten Across founder Wellington Reiter, FAIA and Tony Payan assess how these events might impact diplomacy and climate action in the North America in the coming years: https://lnkd.in/gtzxbXjq     #climateaction #USMexicoBorderRelations #energytransition 

What we hear in the national media about the US-Mexico border may vary from the lived experience of border life. Although depictions of chaos and illegal crossings persist, back and forth travel along the border has been an essential routine of many companies, consumer goods, and people in the Paso del Norte region for generations.   As we hear from Mayra Maldonado, executive director of the Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness, those living in El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, tend to be bilingual and bicultural, allowing for a seamless exchange of goods and services, education, and opportunity. It is not uncommon for families to attend school or work on one side of a border and live on another. This binational population has been critical in supporting the recent US #nearshoring of trade with Mexico to avoid global manufacturing disruptions.   We explore more about border life and economic development in this podcast with Mayra and The Borderplex Alliance CEO Jon Barela: https://lnkd.in/eAC9yQXv  

Don’t miss the next episode in our podcast series on the US-Mexico border featuring The Borderplex Alliance CEO Jon Barela and Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness executive director Mayra Maldonado discussing international trade and culture in the Paso del Norte Region.   Otherwise known as the #Borderplex— the urban agglomeration of Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, has grown its population and combined GDP significantly in recent years. This is due in part to trade commitments found in the United States-Canada-Mexico agreement, but also because #binational economic development and cooperation has always been at the core of these three communities, according to Jon.   At a time of rising global tensions and another contentious US presidential election with border management at its center—this conversation with Jon and Mayra offers a unique perspective of the benefits of working across national boundaries.   Listen now: https://lnkd.in/eAC9yQXv

Join Ten Across executive director Wellington Reiter, FAIA this Thursday, October 17 for a virtual discussion with States For The Future to discuss the importance of cities and states working together through the lens issues impacting the Ten Across region. https://lnkd.in/e_484QNa

Join us TODAY at 5 p.m. for an in-person conversation between Ten Across founder Wellington Reiter, FAIA and esteemed author, speech writer, and journalist James Fallows, where they will discuss critical insights about the 2024 presidential election. Mr. Fallows is one of the most esteemed and insightful journalists working in the U.S. today and has been closely tracking the lead up to the 2024 election via his Substack site: Breaking the News. Having worked in the Carter administration, his work since appears regularly in The Atlantic, the New York Times, The Washington Monthly, Wired, and others. A frequent commentator on NPR and many more media platforms, he is also the co-founder, with Deb Fallows, of the Our Towns Civic Foundation. Reserve your seat below! https://lnkd.in/eikRR8sc

Due to #climate change and rapid #urbanization, water supply conditions in the border region have changed. But much of our international water policy, infrastructure, research and collaboration have not. That said, experts like Francisco Lara-Valencia, Steve Mumme, and the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission are doing what they can to change this.   In 2021, Francisco, Stephen, and other transborder experts answered the IBWC’s call for recommendations to strengthen the agency’s response to the effects of climate change and stresses on transborder water supply and sharing. As an urban planner, Francisco shares his perspective for upgrading municipal infrastructure in Mexico in this episode with Ten Across founder Wellington Reiter, FAIA and Stephen Mumme, as well as the current work universities on either side are doing to improve understanding of our shared water supply.   Listen to the rest here: https://lnkd.in/g97N7hbW

In our recent APM Research Lab and 10X collaboration article data fellow journalist Maya Chari explores why poll worker shortages, as well as rapidly changing election laws, threaten progress toward more efficient voting and which 10X states are impacted most. #governance #elections https://lnkd.in/eNYhW3Rb

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all our friends in Florida and the U.S. Southeast region as they continue to navigate this difficult time due to #HurricaneHelene and now #HurricaneMilton. We wanted to share this thoughtful post from our friends at Southeast Sustainability Directors Network speaking to the real impacts of living through natural disasters as many in their network experience its shocks firsthand. They've also included helpful resources for those looking to help support or who need support navigating these difficult times. https://lnkd.in/efPFXnAv