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Mexican-American history

Time Comes for Castroville

The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

by April Maria Ortiz

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The Mexican American Story

by David Dorado Romo

‘The Mexican American Experience in Texas’ Takes a Deep Look at Our Sordid State History

by Martha Menchaca

What’s in a Name? Texas SBOE Tentatively Approves ‘Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Studies’

by Ruben Paquian

Hundreds of demonstrators walked four miles from St. Edward's University to the Texas Capitol, partially following in the footsteps of marching labor strikers in 1966. Sep 12, 2016

Hundreds Gather to Remember the 1966 Texas Farmworkers’ March

The 491-mile walk led to the first statewide minimum wage and effectively launched the farmworkers’ movement in Texas.

by Gus Bova

Flaco Jimenez May 17, 2016

The 66 Percent: Erasing Mexican Americans in the United States

Why aren’t we going past wanting to educate MexAm children to have ordinary pride in who they are and where they’ve come from?

by Dagoberto Gilb

"Mexican American Heritage" cover May 11, 2016

Proposed Mexican-American Studies Textbook: Chicanos Want to ‘Destroy This Society’

Textbook is first from former State Board of Education member’s publishing house.

by Patrick Michels

Inside this month's print issue

Did Texas Republicans’ Restive Runoffs Imperil Their November Ballot? 

In almost all cases, the most problematic, extremist, unqualified, and Trumpian candidate won the day.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Apr 11, 2014

Observer Radio Episode 53: Civil Rights 50 Years Later

by Jonathan McNamara

Tony Diaz Jan 03, 2014

Observer Radio Episode 39: Texas Gets Schooled In Mexican-American History and Central Americans Seek Asylum

by Jonathan McNamara

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