Since 1954
The city council member has been at the forefront of Texas cities’ push to advance progressive policy, drawing the ire of state Republicans. Now, Casar is looking to take the fight to Washington with a potential run in the 35th Congressional District.
Culture ⋆
Two hours of escape and connection
Despite a federal law affirming the right to care, dozens of complaints have been filed against U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Culture ⋆
Through a variety of poetic forms and a wide range of cultural references, Tomás Q. Morín’s work is meticulously researched and wonderfully intimate.
For nearly 15 years, Pamela Rivas fought to save her land from the wall. But her property still crawls with Border Patrol and surveillance technology.
Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, San Antonio’s first openly gay council member, wants a local civil rights office to investigate the kind of discrimination he faced as a city staffer.
A former Texas Ranger provides rare insights into the mostly secret system set up to investigate complaints about public officials.
For the Parras family, the fight for environmental justice has always been personal.
Cities have long dumped their wastewater into streams and rivers. Even treated, the wastewater can pollute waterways and contaminate aquifers.
Texas Professor Leonard N. Moore’s “Teaching Black History to White People” is a memoir, history lesson, and instructional manual.
Dallas’ first freeway was built over a Freedmen’s cemetery, a cultural clear-cutting in a city built on convenience.
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