‘We don’t have to watch DACA go away’ — United We Dream helps young undocumented immigrants navigate a complex system

The immigrant youth-led United We Dream fights for the dignity and fair treatment of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including DACA recipients. Two members of the organization talk about their own journeys in their immigration status.

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Fronteras: From Latino caddies to champs: The story of the 1957 San Felipe High School golf team

San Antonio attorney and writer Humberto Garcia chronicled the true story of the Mexican American golf team in his 2012 book, "Mustang Miracle." Humberto talks the players, his book, and the journey to the new film adaptation.

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‘We are resilient people’ — Border Narratives Project aims to shift the perspective on binational communities

The initative allows creatives across the country to fight back against negative border narratives by writing their own. Three of the initative's newest cohort grantees talk about how their projects more accurately depict border life, culture, and home.

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Fronteras: ‘We need to know who we are’— MACRI enters 5th year in highlighting Mexican American civil rights

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Taco-Poet Eddie Vega talks inspirations, belonging, and new title as San Antonio Poet Laureate

Holy Cross of San Antonio educator Eddie Vega was selected to serve as the city's seventh poet laureate. He began his three-year term in April and will hold the position until 2027.

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New book series preserves indigenous foods and traditions of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico

"Indigenous Foodways of Texas and Northern Mexico" will highlight the food traditional, techniques, and histories that have been passed down by Mexican and Indeginous peoples from generation to generation.

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Fronteras: 'Our own government was working against them' — Declassifying FBI files on the Latino civil rights movement

The FBI and CIA surveilled the Latino civil rights movement and its leaders in the 1960s and '70s at the height of the communist panic. Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro and his mother, activist Rosie Castro, talk about the effort to establish a clear historical record of the movement.

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‘We were not communists’ — A dive into FBI surveillance of Cesar Chávez and the United Farm Workers movement

The United Farm Workers of America became a target of FBI surveillance during the communist scare of the 1960s and '70s. Arturo Rodriguez spent over 50 years with the UFW. He talks about working alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chávez and about government surveillance of their movement.

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‘Singing from a deeper place’ — Singer Lisa Morales talks life, inspirations ahead of TPR concert

Musician Lisa Morales has released six albums as part of the duo Sisters Morales and three as a solo artist. She discusses her introduction to music growing up in Tucson, Arizona, the death of her sister Roberta in 2021, and more about her influences ahead of her April 13th Creekside Sessions Concert at TPR.

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Fronteras: ‘Thirty Talks Weird Love’ fuses time travel with poetry in a love letter to Juárez, femicide victims, and the author’s younger self

Thirty Talks Weird Love confronts mental health issues, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the ongoing violence against women in Cuidad Juárez. Author Alessandra Narváez Varela discusses her inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away.

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