The Tejano Revolt of 1915
History has usually remembered what happened along the South Texas border in 1915 under names such as the Plan de San Diego, the Border War, the Bandit War, or the
Under Whitmire, Are Houston Police Targeting the Black Community?
Whitmire Says Marijuana Isn’t a Priority — So Why Are Arrests Up Nearly 1,300%? Houston Mayor John Whitmire says low-level marijuana possession has not been much of a police priority
Meme and His Theory of Creation
Long before anyone called me the Rain Man, I had another idea that sounded just as strange. It was about God, energy, death, and why the universe never stops creating.
Violaron a Sus Mujeres, Les Quitaron Sus Tierras y Les Robaron el Agua — Luego Contrataron a Sus Hombres para Trabajar los Campos
Sí. Como el artículo completo está en este chat, puedo traducir esta versión exacta al español sin tener que reconstruirla desde la página web. Mantendría el tono fuerte y directo,
They Raped Their Women, Took Their Land and Stole Their Water — Then Hired Their Men to Work the Fields
I was reading John Weber’s From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century when I came across several paragraphs about irrigation in the
Is Gina Hinojosa going to be the one who topples the giant?
Abbott started 2026 with $105 million. He raised another $28 million. He is down to $67 million. He has launched tens of millions in advertising. Some polling has nevertheless tightened.
Greg Abbott’s Water-Break Law May Be Killing Texas Workers
Texas took away local water-break protections. Now doctors are finding young laborers with kidney failure linked to the very conditions those breaks were meant to prevent. A Texas Monthly story
Salt caverns: what you can’t see can hurt you:
Houston Is Already Sinking. Now Look at What Is Underneath Us. The worst-case scenarios involving Houston’s salt domes have happened before — just not here on a large scale. A
“The most warlike nation in the history of the world.”
In 77 Years, I Have Seen Only Four Years Without an American Military Operation Abroad If you were born after 1979, you have never seen one. A meme quoting Jimmy
The Reluctant Husband: Trump and Paxton
Till the Polls Do Us Part Donald Trump chose Ken Paxton. He could have stayed with John Cornyn, the familiar, dependable Republican. Instead, Trump endorsed Paxton and helped push him
Lies are Cheap, and Trump sold us a whopper!
Donald Trump told voters he would cut energy prices in half within 12 months. He repeatedly bragged about gasoline at $1.89 a gallon, and as recently as January proclaimed, “Now
1940 Fronton, Texas census
1940 Fronton Census Searchable transcription of the 1940 census records in the Fronton project. Search works across every displayed field. Click a column heading to sort. Show 102550100All entries Search:
The feisty young Latina that white MAGAs loved to hate: Lina Hidalgo
Why Did So Many People Hate Lina Hidalgo? A young Anglo man who is aggressive and confrontational may get called ambitious, tough, or a disruptor. A young Latina woman behaving
Chronicle taking credit for what Lina Hidalgo said over a year ago.
Times change, but newspapers don’t change with the times. It makes one wonder if they still think Latinos/Latinas are not as smart as white people. There is something missing from
Who Do We Blame: Abbott, Who Created the Problem, or Trump, Who Took Advantage of It?
This is no longer some Medicaid accounting argument between bureaucrats in Austin and Washington. Houston-area hospitals could lose as much as $1.4 billion next year if the dispute is not
Texas Data Centers: Follow the Water. Then Follow the Money.
Texas spent years welcoming data centers with open arms. They brought promises of billions of dollars in investment, artificial intelligence, construction, and a new technology boom. Gov. Greg Abbott was
The Story of Salt Caverns: Everything You Did Not Want to Know
I had wondered about salt domes before, but apparently not enough to actually investigate them. Then I discovered Santiago, and one question led to another. How do we store hundreds
American history they don’t want you to read: the real barbarians: Mier
We Found the Invaders: The Real Barbarians Who Crossed the Rio Grande I started looking backward because I wanted to know where my family came from. The farther I went,
Whitmire Wants to Give Away the Goose for Eggs Houston Already Owns
Houston Mayor John Whitmire has found a way to make $50 million sound like free money. The problem is that a large part of the money already belongs to Houston,
Unable to solve Houston’s problems, Whitmire turns to AI for advice.
What John Whitmire Is Doing to Houston John Whitmire became mayor promising to fix Houston’s problems. But some of the biggest things his administration has done look less like fixing