Three days before one of the worst battles of the Korean War, 19-year-old Celestino Chavez Jr. wrote home to his mother in Gallup, New Mexico. His letter ended with nine
Colorado school officials had an interesting argument in 1914. They were not segregating Mexican-American children by race. Why? Because Mexicans were white. There was just one problem with that defense.
Congress Thought New Mexico Was Too Mexican to Become a State When the United States took control of New Mexico after the Mexican-American War, the people living there did not
Arizona Became a State — Then It Found a Way to Keep Mexican Americans From Voting Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912. It did not take long
In San Bernardino, California, Mexican Americans helped pay for the city’s public swimming pool with their taxes. But they were not allowed to use it like everyone else. During the
Massachusetts is a high-immigrant state controlled by Democrats. Republicans have spent years warning Americans that immigrants are bringing crime. So, naturally, I decided to follow the numbers. We divided the
Every election season, political campaigns repeat the ritual. Volunteers gather at headquarters, get voter lists, and head into neighborhoods to knock on doors. It feels productive. It is personal. And
As of 6:30 a.m. Central, these are the strongest national-reading signals I’m seeing — not an exact traffic ranking:
Help Us — or Stop Taking Our Money Washington wants the states to handle more disasters. Our investigation found states borrowing money, draining reserves, and even preparing to replace FEMA
Donald Trump made Americans a very simple promise. On the day he returned to the White House, January 20, 2025, he said: “We will bring prices down.” Today we’ll discuss
Look at the babies in the illustration. They are in diapers because some children caught in America’s immigration detention system really are that young. The two guards arguing over who
I have finally figured out Donald Trump. Mark Twain has come back from the dead. Not literally, of course. I am a lawyer, and even I am not prepared to
https://indd.adobe.com/view/6d07a0b2-1d37-43ad-b959-51fa09bfaf97 They Were Already Americans Company E, the Mexican-American Texans Who Went to War The 141st Infantry Regiment — “First Texas” The 141st Infantry Regiment was part of the 36th
When do we lose the hyphen? One of the Twenty-Seven When the survivors of Company E answered roll call after the Rapido River disaster in January 1944, only 27 enlisted
Company E Goes to War By the time Company E left Texas, its men had already proven they could shoot. They had achieved 100 percent weapons qualification. Their rifle team
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent much of his political career surrounded by the language of God, marriage, and conservative family values. Now those words are following him into
A new Texas Tribune story from San Antonio describes something that is becoming increasingly important across Texas: immigrants are changing the way they live because they fear that an ordinary
Gov. Greg Abbott says “Texans must come first.” I hope he means it. I don’t think he does. Texas is in the middle of an enormous data-center boom. The projects
1. Karoline Leavitt Is Leaving the White HouseTrump’s 28-year-old press secretary will leave at the end of August and become an outside adviser; it is AP’s No. 1 most-read story
