"I think Latino voters in the Valley want someone who speaks to their issues and want someone who they can identify with. They are in search of leadership that they can believe in and so spending time hearing their stories and centering their stories I think will be important in this race. That’s what I’m doing. That’s why I’ve kicked off in the Valley." https://www.texasobserver.org/gina-hinojosa-campaign-for-texas-governor/
#Texas #border #SouthTexas #Democrats #politics #USpol #news
New Boundaries = Adding some rhythm to your day! - #Music #Popular #Pop #Rock #Music #Song #BobbyPulido #TejanoMusic #PoliticalActivism #TexasRedistricting #DemocraticCampaign #Gerrymandering #LatinaRepresentation #Change #CulturalIdentity #Resilience #MusicAndPolitics #FightingForBeliefs #DistrictBoundaries #PoliticalJourney #SouthTexas #MidtermElections - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Ka0-eMTz0
From Dylan Baddour in 2024: “Many of the pieces of the puzzle have already been destroyed. This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.” https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/
#environment #Indigenous #history #culture #SouthTexas #politics #USpol #news #ClimateChange #water
Fighting for immigrant justice is, to #Jews, a religious and cultural obligation. https://www.texasobserver.org/never-again-texas-border-eagle-pass/
#religion #border #immigration #politics #USpol #Texas #SouthTexas #news #culture #HumanRights
Featured story: Quigley is a dopey gringo vacillating between colonial-gaze fascination and fear of a world he doesn’t understand. But he's also a way in for readers hoping to learn about the Rio Grande Valley and the inner workings of cartels. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/
The failure of U.S. & Mexican drug policy: Rather than rely on individual smugglers, cartels specializing in fentanyl and other synthetic #drugs use legal ports of entry, commercial vehicles, and digital payment systems to move drugs and launder profits with less risk. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-security-fentanyl-cartels-trump-mexico/
#border #law #Mexico #politics #USpol #SouthTexas #Texas #news
In #books: Quigley is a dopey gringo vacillating between colonial-gaze fascination and fear of a world he doesn’t understand. But he's also a way in for readers hoping to learn about the Rio Grande Valley and the inner workings of cartels. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/
Last week: Why are both the U.S. and #Mexico failing on drugs at the #border, despite mass militarization? The tactics may be more modern, but the result is the same. Criminal networks are adapting faster than government policy. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-security-fentanyl-cartels-trump-mexico/
#drugs #fentanyl #military #SouthTexas #Texas #politics #news #Trump
In #books: José Skinner’s The Search Committee paints, scene by scene, a rich regional landscape as the story twists and turns through this new, fast-paced satire of Texas academia at the border. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/
Just across the #Texas border, in cities like Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, criminal networks are strengthening their hold on drug routes despite increased enforcement efforts by the United States and #Mexico. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-security-fentanyl-cartels-trump-mexico/
#drugs #fentanyl #border #politics #USpol #SouthTexas #military
In #books: José Skinner’s The Search Committee paints, scene by scene, a rich regional landscape as the story twists and turns through this new, fast-paced satire of Texas academia at the #border. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/
In #books: It’s typical of José Skinner’s approach that his main protagonist is not some self-assured reflection of his own qualifications, but rather Quigley, a dopey gringo vacillating between colonial-gaze fascination and fear of a world he doesn’t understand. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-search-committee-border-literary-canon/
From Francesca D'Annunzio in our magazine: "Some of those people that are commenting or viewing from a million miles away don’t have a clue. Come to the border and take a tour of the border at any time. Give me a call. Right now, they’re not gonna see anything, ’cause nothing’s happening." https://www.texasobserver.org/val-verde-county-sheriff-border-interview/
#police #Democrats #immigration #border #politics #USpol #Texas #SouthTexas #news
"When the water goes down, everything goes down with it.”
Featured story: The shrinking of a mighty Mexican river has hollowed out the economy of Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South #Texas demands the water it’s owed. https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-texas-mexico-water-treaty/
#Mexico #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas #border #water #environment #ClimateChange
Earlier: Behind the curtain of the filters imposed by outsiders, the Valley boasts an abundance of creative, powerful, and joyful communities, one of them being the #LGBTQ+ community. https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-grande-valley-lgbtq-pride/
Spurs x Live Oak Vodka to launch bar at Frost Bank Center in Spring 2025 https://www.rawchili.com/nba/157208/ #Basketball #FrostBankCenter #LiveOakVodka #NBA #partnership #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #SouthTexas #SpecialtyCocktails #Spring2025 #spurs #TexasMadeVodka
Police officers were injured in recent shootings in North Texas and South Texas. One of the shootings happened Friday outside an ICE detention facility in Alvarado. The other incident was Monday at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen.
#Crime #LawEnforcement #News #Police #Texas #Arrest #Ice #NorthTexas #SouthTexas #USBorderPatrol #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement
Featured story: “Right now ... we’re seeing what authoritarianism is about in its ugliest way. We’re seeing people being stopped on the street being picked up at their workplace, thrown into vans and taken God knows where without due process.” https://www.texasobserver.org/bernie-sanders-greg-casar-rio-grande-valley/
#ICE #immigration #HumanRights #fascism #politics #USpol #Texas #border #SouthTexas #news
Featured story: “Right now in McAllen and other parts of this country we’re seeing what authoritarianism is about in its ugliest way.... What #Trump is doing is not just waging an attack against the working class of this country. He is moving America very rapidly and dangerously into an authoritarian form of society.” https://www.texasobserver.org/bernie-sanders-greg-casar-rio-grande-valley/
#BernieSanders #politics #USpol #news #border #SouthTexas #Texas #fascism
In the Valley, we are no strangers to being the backdrop of political power wars. With frames meant to reduce our stories and humanity, we’re often made out to be these powerless one-dimensional caricatures that don’t know any better and can’t advocate for ourselves. https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-grande-valley-lgbtq-pride/
#LGBTQIA+ #SouthTexas #border #culture #pride #politics #USpol #Trump #ElonMusk
