Tag Archives: Brownsville
Bordering on an Outbreak
Brownsville's battle against the Zika virus is compounded by poverty, a fluid border and funding woes.
Brownsville can’t afford a Zika outbreak, but it also can’t afford to prevent one. – by Sophie Novack @SophieNovack December 18, 2017 At the Mary ...Read More
Strangest State: December 2017
Weird news from far-flung Texas.
Drue Wagner ROCKWALL COUNTY // Responding to a complaint that someone was hunting from a public road, a Texas game warden found three men standing next to a pic...Read More
Federal Court Denies Undocumented Teen’s Request for an Abortion
An appeals court Friday heard arguments on whether a federal refugee agency can block a minor in its custody from having an abortion.
UPDATE: Late Friday afternoon, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated an earlier ruling ordering the federal government to allow Jane Doe to have an abortion...Read More
Strangest State: Prayer Drive-Thru, Hillary Hate, and Bong or Cocktail Glass?
In this edition of wild news from far-flung Texas, an El Paso man provides prayer on the go and a Lubbock man has a four-letter word for Hillary Clinton....Read More
With Natural Gas Facilities Coming to Brownsville, Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy
Brownsville shrimpers worry liquified natural gas facilities will lead to conversion of wetlands into concrete wastelands, spoiling the unique ecosystem....Read More
Insurgent Medicine
Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.
If community outreach and primary care for the uninsured save lives and money, why aren’t we doing more of it in places like the Valley? The answer lies partl...Read More
The Borderlands, So Far from Austin
Many a Lone Star politician has made, or boosted, his career by treating border communities as a theater of operations, where the normal rules don’t apply....Read More
End of an Error
East of Brownsville, an unassuming patch of ground hosted the final, pointless battle of the Civil War.
East of Brownsville, an unassuming patch of ground hosted the final, pointless battle of the Civil War. ...Read More
With Women’s Health Care Options Dwindling, More Take Up the Fight
Dina Nuñez, a 51-year-old mother of three and human rights organizer, used to go to the Planned Parenthood clinic in her hometown of Brownsville for her yearly...Read More