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Drought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.

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As we celebrate Pride Month, I am struck by the contrast of what I know to be true about this region and what the popular ...

The NSA whistleblower, with a memoir coming later this year, faces the barriers for Texans with felony records.

Latin American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He spent 2024 conducting ...

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(he/him) is a Houstonian, writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short ...

Education How Trump Is Changing Higher Education: The View from UT-San Antonio Around the country, university students report changes to campus clubs and activities, diminished research ...

Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—is a popular pastime for boys in the south-central Asian nation.