Manuel Barrera’s World War II Medals
For years, I wondered what those medals meant and why my dad received them. Those seven bars- I had no
Ain’t that some shit, Republicans complaining about Bobby Pulido not being woke.
Republicans Say They Hate Wokeness—Until Bobby Pulido Is Not Woke Enough Republicans have spent years telling Americans that liberals are
Thank you, Jolanda Jones and the Houston Chronicle, for doing to our children what the segregationists used to do to us.
Thank You, Jolanda Jones and the Houston Chronicle, for Doing to Our Children What the Segregationists Used to Do to
Chicago gave Prohibition its bodies. The Mexican border got blamed for the violence.
Rum-Runners in the North, Bandits in the South My brain prefers escalators to stairs, so let us take the easy
The Woman You Hear but Do Not See
The man on the album cover is holding the accordion (YouTube video below). The woman is nowhere in sight. Then
How Many Years Did It Take a Mexican-American Child to Reach Third Grade? In Texas, it could be ten years.
https://indd.adobe.com/embed/f9a1dc48-4730-412d-a50d-eb89854dcfa2?startpage=1&allowFullscreen=true About This Article This five-part history examines how Texas schools delayed, separated, tested, transported, and sometimes quietly pushed Mexican-origin
Balde González: The Hidden Sound of South Texas
______ Balde González: Frequently cited as a master of the jaiton orchestra style, Balde González brought a suave, nightclub-ready elegance
La Terraza: The Conjunto Hall Corpus Christi Forgot
Corpus Christi had places where almost everyone felt welcome. Galvan Ballroom had its polished dance floor and orchestra tradition. Domingo
Early Tejano/Norteño Sound: one of the first groups to play, and their music is at the Smithsonian.
Ramiro Cavazos died in McAllen on July 2 at the age of 99. His name may not be familiar to
The first European immigrants who came to America before Jamestown and Plymouth Rock were my ancestors.
The story is faction (reconstructed as not all things are recorded) but the expedition was recorded. There is even a
We Were Here First. We Ain’t Going Nowhere.
Chala Vato, we ain’t going nowhere. There is a story Americans like to tell about California. First there was empty
The Tortillas Hollywood Left Off the Cattle Drive
You can leave people out of the movie. You cannot erase the fact that they were there. I grew up
Starr County: Four Hundred Years of Solitude
How an ancient web of families survived empires, borders, and outsiders Starr County survived four hundred years of solitude because
Markwayne Mullin – the White man who is Native American
The Trail That Did Not Lead to a Card My family followed a different trail. It began in New Mexico
27th Division, 102nd Medical Battalion, WWII
What the 102nd Medical Battalion Did The image on the left is my uncle, Armando Barrera, and my father, Manuel
J T Canales, Investigation of the Texas Rangers 1919
. Not much has changed in the last one hundred years; we still have men in masks terrorizing Latinos, men
Texas Borderland Mystery
The New Mexico Clue The first clue did not look like a clue. It was only a line in an
