Gaige Davila

For more than twenty years, Meenu Batra sat inside courtrooms and recorded everything — testimony, rulings, the words spoken on the most consequential days of people's lives. She had legal status. She had a career built on institutional trust. She…

Interview with the Texas Standard on my story with the Texas Observer, "Peering into the Rio Grande Valley's fossil fuel future"

Liberty Wire brings you an in-depth discussion with journalist Gaige Davila on the recent ICE raids in the Rio Grande Valley, focusing on a much-loved local bakery. Hosted by John Carlos Frey, the episode delves into the impact of these raids on the…

Interview with The Texas Standard about my reporting with the Texas Observer on Brownsville officials doing public relations with a liquified natural gas company.

Interview with the Texas Standard on my Texas Observer story about South Texas politics ahead of the 2024 election.

Interview with PBS News Hour on the Texas law giving state officials the power to arrest migrants who they believe crossed into the U.S. illegally.

Don't destroy earth on the way to Mars. SpaceX’s Starbase is within the range of ten threatened or endangered species, including iconic species like the ocelot, aplomado falcon, and Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtle. The SpaceX launch site is surrounded by…

Interview I gave to NPR-affiliate KJZZ (Phoenix, AZ) on my immigration reporting from Texas.

Interview with the Texas Standard (Austin, TX) from Eagle Pass, Texas.

Interview from Eagle Pass, Texas, with WBUR Boston.

Interview with SRF News (Switzerland) about SpaceX's first Starship launch in South Texas.

Interview with French television program Envoye Special on how Brownsville has changed since SpaceX built a launch facility outside of the city. Interview begins at 44:00.

Interview from Brownsville, Texas, with WBUR Boston on the aftermath of a car accident that killed 8 migrants in the city.

Interview with WNYC's Science Friday program on SpaceX's first Starship launch.

Reporter roundtable interview with the Texas Standard (Austin, TX) on Rio Grande Valley politics during the 2023 midterm elections.

Interview from South Padre Island, Texas, in the minutes after SpaceX first launched their Starship prototype from South Texas.

Interview with the Texas Standard (Austin, TX) on the Federal Aviation Administration's regulation of SpaceX's Starship program.

Interview with the Texas Standard (Austin, TX) about SpaceX's effects on Brownsville as its facility grew in South Texas.