Thinning the herd, making room for AI. Behind the sudden illnesses and deaths.
Are Trump and the Republicans trying to thin the herd to make room for AI? That is a harsh question. But before dismissing it as outrageous, look at what is
El Paso, Early Sixties: Young, Mexican, and Just Across the River
Twenty years earlier, young Mexican-American men from El Paso had marched off to war with Company E of the 141st Infantry. Many came from Segundo Barrio and the neighborhoods near
Click2 Houston, inviting hate into its house.
Why Is Channel 2 Still Giving Hate a Comment Section? Houston’s major television stations all compete for the same thing: viewers, clicks, and attention. But one thing separates KPRC Channel
While the media no longer uses the words, they still print them and spread hate.
Newspapers Have Always Helped Decide Who the Heroes Are Newspapers like to describe themselves as witnesses to history. Sometimes they are. But newspapers have also helped create history by deciding
The Skinning War: When Being Mexican Was Enough for Them to Kill You
I started reading a new book, and when it mentioned the Skinning War, I was surprised to find a war I hadn’t heard of, especially since it was in South
Houston, Your Share of Mass Deportation: About $3,683 per taxpayer
Washington likes big numbers because big numbers are difficult to feel. Congress can spend $100 billion here and $200 billion there, and after a while the numbers become background noise.
You can sense it in their message; thus, the communists are coming
Republicans appear to have discovered that the surest sign of a healthy democracy is spending every election warning that democracy will end if they lose. The sirens are already sounding.
Republicans May Have Misread South Texas
Immigrants built this country. Republicans looked at the 2024 election returns from South Texas and thought they had discovered something permanent: Latino voters were becoming Republicans. Trump had made enormous
Greg Abbott, “Socialism for Corporations”
For years, Texas told some of the richest companies in the world to come on down. Bring your data centers. Bring your artificial intelligence. Bring your billion-dollar projects. Texas would
My Tia Juanita Garcia de la Cruz and her remarkable life
The Things They Refused to Leave Behind To my cousins, this is a little of what I have learned about your mother and father—not simply from records, but from the
We Paid for the Cameras Watching Us. Now the Politicians Are Worried.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is suddenly worried about Flock cameras. He should be. DeSantis, hardly a politician normally accused of being soft on law enforcement, says the public is “right
Rosita Barrera: The Girl From Fronton Who Went to College
. . When we began looking closely at the 1940 census for Fronton, Texas, one thing stood out immediately: how little formal education most people had received. On page after
Houston as a friend and godfather to one of my sons recalls: Felix Fraga
Growing Up Mexican in Houston: Felix Fraga Remembers the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s Felix Fraga was born in Houston in 1929. When he looked back on his childhood decades later,
The Last One: Paula Garcia de la Cruz
A few days ago, my aunt Paula García De La Cruz died. She was 86 years old. She was also the last living aunt or uncle I had. Paula was
ICE says DPS pointed the finger at a van with two Mexican-looking men, their crime being that they looked Mexican?
ICE Says DPS Gave Them the Tip. DPS Says It Didn’t. Somebody Has a Problem. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not the man ICE was looking for. He was a 52-year-old
Gov. Flip-Flop Abbott creates a government spy-camera network and gets caught.
Greg Abbott has discovered that government surveillance might be a problem. The discovery came rather late. For three years, Texas helped finance a rapidly expanding network of artificial-intelligence cameras capable
Puerto Rico Was the Homeland. New York Was the Borderland.
Something extraordinary happened in New York after World War II. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans left the island and came north. They brought Spanish, family, food, politics, and music.
Meme Can Pray for Rain. This One Is Easier: Is City Hall Building Orlando Sanchez an Issue
Sometimes politicians have to spend millions of dollars trying to create an issue. Orlando Sanchez may not have to spend a dime. Houston City Council Member Julian Ramirez has proposed
Gina Hinojosa’s Uncampaign: If You Want the Office, You Have to Work for It
Gina Hinojosa has a chance to become governor of Texas. That is something Democrats have not realistically been able to say very often during Greg Abbott’s time in office. But
From the Civil War to Today: I Found the Missing Soldier in My Family
For years, I knew military service ran through my family, but I didn’t realize how far the line stretched. I knew of an ancestor who served in the Confederate Army