Film & TV
May 1, 2019
Marvel’s ‘Ghost Rider’ TV Series Will Bring Superheroics to the Texas Border
Austin native Gabriel Luna will reprise his role as the title character of the just-announced Hulu original.
Border
Politics & Policy
April 10, 2019
Border Brinkmanship and the Texas Economy
The Texas Senate has tacitly endorsed President Trump’s threat to shut down the border if necessary—a dangerous move for the economy and the president’s political future.
Music
April 5, 2019
Famed Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Perform on Laredo’s International Bridge
Following a Friday concert in San Antonio, Ma will travel to the border to celebrate the region’s culture and spark conversations about all that unifies Mexicans and Americans.
Border & Immigration
March 22, 2019
You Can Never Leave the Border Behind
Whether I lived in Chicago, Germany, or Dallas, I came to recognize one thing: it’s impossible to leave the borderlands behind.
Books
October 20, 2018
Octavio Solis’s Memoir ‘Retablos’ Offers a Vision of El Paso’s Border Beyond the News
Told through vignettes, 'Retablos,' a memoir by playwright Octavio Solis, depicts the myths and realities of a childhood along the border.
Border & Immigration
June 21, 2018
Melania Trump Wears ‘I Really Don’t Care’ Jacket on the Way to McAllen Shelter for Immigrant Children
Her spokesperson claimed 'there was no hidden message.' And it certainly was not hidden.
Border & Immigration
May 4, 2018
‘The Making of a Massacre’ Tells the Story of a DEA Operation Gone Wrong
In the podcast, narrated by ProPublica’s Ginger Thompson, survivors and DEA agents explain living in a town controlled by drug traffickers.
Travel & Outdoors
February 27, 2018
Navigating the Rio Grande’s Remote Lower Canyons
In this second of three installments, we follow a team of filmmakers and adventurers as they travel along the border river.
Art
September 29, 2017
Art in the Shadow of Trump at the Texas Biennial
The 2017 Texas Biennial offers work from Texans around the state and across the border.
True Crime
September 9, 2016
Cops and Robbers
They were some of the toughest narcs on the border, known for busting smugglers, staging raids, seizing cartel cocaine—and being dirty.
Music
January 21, 2016
Wormed Their Way Through Distant Earth: On The At The Drive-In Reunion
After a short run of festival dates in 2012, the El Paso rock heroes return with new music and a world tour.
Politics & Policy
September 1, 2015
Scott Walker’s Brilliant Border Plan
On guard against those Labatt-drinking invaders from the north.
Burka Blog
August 18, 2015
How to Secure the Border
Step one: Let’s examine our own insecurities.
The Daily Post
July 27, 2015
Dear Mr. Trump: The Border’s Business Benefits You Probably Didn’t See
The U.S.-Mexico border provides plenty of economic benefits for Texas cities. Trump doesn’t want to see that.
News & Politics
November 24, 2014
The Arguments Against Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration
On Thursday, the president said that Congress had left him no choice but to act alone. Conservatives can argue otherwise.
Politics & Policy
November 21, 2014
Friday Afternoon Open Thread
The border surge, extended. Immigration action, executed. Hispanic voters, considered. And more!
August 14, 2014
How the Border Crisis Became Inspiration for a Television Show
How producers of "The Bridge" make entertainment out of grim news.
Politics & Policy
July 22, 2014
Faces of the Border Crisis: The Children
Edras, a sixteen-year-old unaccompanied minor I met in Brownsville, on the 1,400-mile journey from Guatemala.
Politics & Policy
July 21, 2014
National Guard Troops on the Border
It is one thing to institute a DPS “surge” on the border; it is quite another to send the National Guard there, a thousand strong, as Perry intends to do. What is the purpose of sending the Guard to the border? The National Guard is a military force. Is its
Border & Immigration
July 15, 2014
Jose Antonio Vargas, the Nation’s “Most Famous Undocumented Immigrant,” Has Been Released From Detention in McAllen
Vargas visited the Rio Grande Valley last week to learn about the border crisis—then realized he might not be able to leave.
Politics & Policy
July 15, 2014
Faces of the Border Crisis: Othal E. Brand Jr.
One of the few politicians who has directly taken action in securing the border.
Politics & Policy
July 10, 2014
Faces of the Border Crisis: Kevin Pagan
The City of McAllen’s Emergency Management Coordinator works with local charity organizations to try and minimize the local impact of the increased surge of undocumented immigrants.
Politics & Policy
July 9, 2014
Faces of the Border Crisis: Sister Norma Pimentel
One of the immigration crisis’s indispensable leaders is Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.
Politics & Policy
June 23, 2014
Meanwhile, about this border situation…
An influx of illegal immigrants from Central America to the Rio Grande Valley is a humanitarian crisis with serious implications for border security.
Politics & Policy
June 18, 2014
About the Border
How not to solve the problem on the border.
Politics & Policy
June 15, 2014
Where Are the Videos?
If the Border Patrol really wants to be more transparent, it should release key surveillance footage of questionable shooting incidents.
Border & Immigration
April 15, 2014
What You Should Know About Lupe Treviño
The top law enforcement official in Hidalgo County pled guilty to money laundering charges—here's what that means for the Valley.
Politics & Policy
February 5, 2014
Greg Abbott and the Border
Attorney general Greg Abbott’s $345 million border security plan is almost certainly doomed to fail. The border region is so huge and comprises so many millions of acres that it defies the ability of state government to enforce whatever security issues may arise. Every Republican candidate this election cycle has
Business
January 21, 2013
Rio Grande Valley Tops List of “America’s Poorest Cities”
McAllen and Brownsville occupy the no. 1 and 2 slots on a new list based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Perry Pens Border Security Op-Ed
Writing in the Austin American-Statesman, the governor says the U.S. is "through the looking glass in terms of border policy," and revives talk of forbidding so-called "sanctuary cities."
Sports
January 21, 2013
February 2012 in Photos
Photos of five Texas news stories that captured the nation's attention this month.
Books
January 20, 2013
Pretty Ugly
Why a lavish two-volume attack on the border fence, with photos by Maurice Sherif, misses the mark.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Illegal Immigration (But Didn’t Know Who to Ask)
What’s the deal with the border fence? Are green cards really green? How many undocumented immigrants live in Texas? Any more questions?
Books
January 20, 2013
Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes
On their new book, Desert Duty: On the Line With the U.S. Border Patrol.
Books
January 20, 2013
Desert Duty: On the Line With the U.S. Border Patrol
Read an excerpt from the new book by Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
Soldiers of Misfortune
For as long as the U.S. military has patrolled the border in search of drug smugglers, there has been the possibility that an innocent civilian would be killed. The government insists the chance is worth taking. Tell that to the family of Ezequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Desert of the Dead
While politicians and bureaucrats endlessly debate the best ways to secure our borders, undocumented immigrants are dying to get into America—literally.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
“Beldades” of the Ball
Every February, on the weekend of Presidents’ Day, the daughters of Laredo’s most prominent families are presented to society in dresses that cost $20,000 or more at a colonial pageant that is the party of the year.
Texas History
October 31, 2012
My Name Is Cásares
And the story of how I started spelling it that way (with the accent) begins with a kidnapping.
Books
July 31, 2012
Hecho en Brownsville
The grand opening of a new H-E-B in McAllen drew crowds—including several who showed up to hear a native son read from his collection of locally set short stories.
Books
June 30, 2012
Straight Outta Brownsville
A brutal—and very funny—South Texas memoir by Domingo Martinez.
Sports
March 8, 2012
Journalist Covering Juárez Soccer Questions “Femicide” Narrative
Robert Andrew Powell, the author of This Love is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez, criticizes the "femicide business" and claims that activists, academics, and journalists profit from furthering the narrative.
Business
February 24, 2012
Texas Business Report: BP Gets in the Wind Game
BP has invested more than $1 billion in wind energy in Texas, Dell's stocks take a dip, and every minute spent waiting in line at the border costs companies $116 million.
Business
February 10, 2012
Texas Business Report: The Future of the Internet Could be Decided . . . in Tyler?
A Tyler man says he invented the technology that laid the groundwork for the web, Frito sales are on the rise, and Rice could help offer open-source textbooks.
Books
March 1, 2011
The American Wall
Read an excerpt from a new book by Maurice Sherif.
News & Politics
October 31, 2010
In Our Backyard
The faces—and voices—of eighteen Texans who are living the debate over illegal immigration.
News & Politics
October 31, 2010
The Immigration Dinner Party
We invited four lawmakers who disagree vehemently on the subject and a couple of experts to keep things friendly. Pull up a chair for a round of table talk you won’t soon forget.
News & Politics
October 31, 2010
Point of Border
The job of most editors, myself included, is to delight, entertain, surprise, and inform their readers. The majority of the time, when it comes to choosing a cover story, we try to keep the emphasis on the first three, since the other job of most editors, myself included, is to
Texas Primer
May 31, 1999
Américo Paredes
Which Américo Paredes book was made into a movie starring Edward James Olmos?
Style & Design
March 1, 1995
Gown on the Border
At the Society of Martha Washington’s annual Colonial Pageant and Ball, Webb County debutantes commemorate the Father and Mother of Our Country.