Sometimes Redundancy is a Good Thing

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I know I have written several columns or essays decrying the dangers of guns.  But in light of the recent Senate debate, highlighted by our […]

By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy Research and Education Center Every day, thousands of Texans’ lives are put in danger as a result of secondhand smoke exposure in the workplace. Texas Latinos, […]

By Delaney Hall, Laitno USA Meet the Garza sisters. Playing Tex-Mex Conjunto music publicly used to be the sole domain of men…till sisters Lala and Marcella took up the accordion […]

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco We highlight getting to the Outdoors for a wide range of benefits, especially relating to physical and cognitive health. But a recent story by the National […]

By Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News Former Obama campaign operatives are relocating in Texas as part of a group that plans to use the tools of Barack Obama’s reelection nationally to make Texas […]

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw announced Thursday that DPS officers would no longer shoot from helicopters to disable vehicles, “unless we’re being […]

By Ralph Barrera, Austin American-Statesman Half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, according to a new report by an Austin immigrant rights group and University of Texas researchers that […]

By Patrick Michels, Texas Observer Outside the Senate chamber Tuesday afternoon, advocates for minority students laid out their priorities for public education this session—and wondered why so few Latino experts have […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You can file this under “Que Sinvergüenzas!” The Texas Champion Bank of Alice, Texas (in South Texas, roughly 50 miles West of Corpus Christi) was caught […]

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer Last year, nearly every region along the U.S.-Mexico border saw a decline in migrant apprehensions—except the Rio Grande Valley. Apprehensions there increased 70 percent, according […]