Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Trump’s border wall wasn’t a hard sell to his blue-collar base. Maybe because, for his base, the promise of a border wall was seen less for reasons of national security and more as a way to…
By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The first of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico) “We’re not surviving; we’re living.” …
By Luis Montoya Rio Grande Guardian HIDALGO, RGV – South Texas GOP congressional candidate Tim Westley and the Texas Border Coalition have dismissed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to close down the border in the wake of the…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – INDEX Reynosa, the trade association for maquila plants in Reynosa, has launched a new website aimed at disseminating positive news to the general public and the media, in addition to…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian PHARR, RGV – Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, who is also chairman of the binational Good Neighbor Commission and chairman-elect of the Texas Border Coalition, says he cannot rule out voting for Donald…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian MCALLEN, RGV – In an effort to improve the perception of Reynosa among Rio Grande Valley residents, McAllen Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is reigniting its bus tours of macula plants in the Mexican…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian PHARR, RGV – Robotics instructor and mentor Juan Carlos Suarez is urging Rio Grande Valley teachers not to turn away any student that wants to join a robotics team. Interest in robotics…
By Katherine Alanis Ramirez Borderzine EL PASO — For a while now, UTEP’s Speech and Debate team has faced a lack of literary diversity and its inaccessibility for use in competitive speeches and interpretive events. With a minimal…
By Anai Ramirez Borderzine EL PASO –Twenty years ago, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez faced the difficult task of finding foster homes for four possibly HIV-positive babies born to mothers who were heroin addicts and were already infected with…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – It could be tempting for the child of a low-wage family living in Reynosa to think that assisting a colonia gang leader by, for example, standing on a street…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – A high-speed passenger rail line between San Antonio and Monterrey is going to happen, says state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond. The Laredo Democrat made the prediction at a news…
By Nicolás Cabrera Frontera NorteSur Immigration is transforming the United States in countless ways. Sports is one social arena where the influence of immigrants is making a change in society. In today’s story, New Mexico State University graduate student…
By Jason Martinez Borderzine EL PASO — Ester Zapata, homeless and hungry after she started college at the University of Texas in El Paso, never forgot the pain, loneliness and suffering of not being able to find relief….
By Anai Ramirez Borderzine A few months before Nadiezdha Dominguez was diagnosed with esophagitis, a medical condition that causes irritation or inflammation of the esophagus, she experienced first hand the stark difference in emergency room care provided in…
Rio Grande Guardian REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Partners for Responsible Trade, Inc., distributed grants to the children of factory workers in Reynosa and Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, on Saturday. The group, which is based in Worthington, Ohio, makes regular visits to the border…
Frontera NorteSur For the first time in 15 years, dollars sent home by Mexicans working in the United States have surpassed the value of Mexico’s oil exports. According to the central Bank of Mexico, the flow of migrant…
By Luisa Muniz Borderzine JUAREZ — The photograph is a self-portrait. But it shows two women — two manifestations of the same woman, a woman who calls herself a hybrid, a dislocated immigrant who still feels at home in…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN , RGV – Elected officials who signed the BiNED agreement says their focus on bringing advanced manufacturing to the region is a better bet than pumping more and more money into border…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian PHARR, RGV – University should not be thought of as conveyor belt that churns out students for the workforce but rather a fun place to grow up and have a life-transforming experience. This…
Frontera NorteSur Near the intersection of Vicente Guerrero and Lopez Mateos in Ciudad Juarez, local artist Maclovio describes a hypnotizing mural that honors three female victims of disappearance and homicide-Esmeralda Castillo Rincon, Rosa Virginia Hernandez Cano and Adriana Sarmiento….
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – On the eve of its annual summer conference, the Border Health Caucus has reaffirmed its support for the expansion of Medicaid. “There is no question about our support for Medicaid…
By Luis Montoya Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, RGV – GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is to visit Laredo on Thursday to speak with the law enforcement community. KGNS-TV broke the news on its evening broadcast on Tuesday. Its source…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, RGV – Starr County Judge Eloy Vera says the so-called “border surge” played havoc with the local economy because a lot of people stayed indoors and did not go to…
By Tanya Carbajal Borderzine Water witching (also called divining or water dowsing) is a practice used to locate ground water using a stick, rod, pendulum, or something similar. With the drought going on in the El Paso area, a…
By Luis Gonzalez Borderzine EL PASO — Grabbing the wrestling ring ropes with both hands, in one swift move Eddie Guerrero landed on the top turnbuckle facing the ring and then launched off the turnbuckle into a backflip. The…
