Latino Educator Leaves Legacy Of Educational Civil Rights

José A. Cárdenas was a longtime educational activist who died last week in San Antonio, Texas. Among his specialties, things he’d been working on since the civil rights era, were bilingual and […]

By Cindy Casares Texas Representative Aaron Peña (R, but formerly D–Edinburg) is in the hot seat this week after testimony in San Antonio federal court last week proved inconsistent with Peña’s […]

Redistricting was a big part of our coverage early this week, we had a story about how a Latino Republican seems to have lied about his role in the redistricting […]

By Zach Gonzalez & Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Austin, Texas — San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and his brother State Rep. Joaquín Castro spoke today at the Texas Tribune Festival about San […]

About 18 years ago then-El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Silvestre Reyes (the El Paso Congressman since 1996), started an operation to deter immigration that came to be called Operation Hold […]

The City of San Antonio, under the leadership of Mayor Julián Castro, recently voted to give health benefits to the domestic partners of city employees. Predictably, there was some protest […]

William C. Velásquez was born in San Antonio and had a long career of political activism mostly in Texas before he died at the young age of 44 in 1988. Among his […]

By  Marc Rodriguez Depending on whom you ask, you’re very likely to hear several different appraisals regarding the overall condition of the state of Texas. “Economically, we’re outperforming the rest of […]

By Anthony Gutierrez, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party During the 82nd legislative session, I watched Republican State Representative Aaron Peña – Edinburg, stand on the House floor and vehemently […]

There’s an amazing story out of San Antonio about a woman who cannot walk, but yet recently was licensed to be a Zumba instructor. Cortina Gutierrez, 32, suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta […]