By Arturo Alonzo ncluido After an exodus of ten years from my hometown of Brownsville, Texas and having the opportunity to serve our country, graduate college, become a Deputy Sheriff and law enforcement officer, and directing some of our…
LatinaLista — In 1970, there was a school-wide walkout in Uvalde, Texas because the school board refused to extend the employment contract of a popular elementary teacher, Mr. Josue George Garza. Within a week the number of students participating…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian WESLACO, TX — Should the new university being created by UT in South Texas build and staff community centers in the region’s most populous colonias? What about the new university providing high-speed Internet…
LatinaLista — South Texan Miriam Martinez is used to facing down insurmountable challenges. Sexually abused as a child, a victim of domestic violence, poverty-stricken and a single working mom of three, one with autism, Martinez learned early in life…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN — South Texas voters will not see much of Republican statewide candidates during the primary election season because there are not that many votes up for grabs. This is the view of…
SaludToday Diabetes and obesity are the two most significant health threats in South Texas, according to a new report published online in Springer Open Books by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) in the School of Medicine at…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN,TX — Community activists say undocumented immigrants are so fearful of coming out of the shadows that they will not even risk going to a town hall meeting that is being held to…
By Will C. Sansom La Prensa de San Antonio To alleviate the shortage of physicians in South Texas, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG, TX – Speaking at the South Texas Mayors’ Stakeholder Summit, Proyecto Azteca’s Ann Cass Williams said that from a colonia resident’s perspective, the glass is still half empty. “I have not seen…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HIDALGO, TEXAS — Alfredo Mendoza (not his real name) thought he was bringing in some extra cash for his family for Christmas. A friend had recommended him to the mechanics shop in Hidalgo….
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX – A request has been made to U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that he sends surplus equipment returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Southern border with Mexico….
LatinaLista — While Sarah Palin may say the President doesn’t have the cojones to deal with border security, colonia residents in South Texas would beg to differ. According to some of the residents who live along the Texas/Mexico border,…
LatinaLista — Back in 1949, two sociologists from the University of Texas, George Sanchez and Lyle Saunders, wanted to study a little documented phenomenon — the expansion of the Spanish-speaking population in Texas. The two professors wanted to investigate…
LatinaLista — Things are heating up along the South Texas border and it’s not because it’s spring. Ever since Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that his department was intent on seeing a physical barrier…
