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November 13, 2009
Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009
October 27, 2009
“BROWNSVILLE BRED…Growing Up Elaine” – A New York Latina’s Memoir and Coming of Age Story set in the 1980’s Brownsville Brooklyn Projects
October 5, 2009
Husband and Wife Team Keep Native Traditions Alive – Beatriz Ortega Ruiz y Mario Augustin Gaspar Rodriguez create using a pre-Hispanic technique called pasta de caña de maiz & maque, an indigenous form of lacquer ware that already had a long tradition when the Spaniards arrived 500 years ago.
September 22, 2009
UTB-TSC has received nearly $500,000 in federal dollars to extend postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for Hispanic students, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi announced Monday.
September 21, 2009
Ganas Clothing is ready for the world – The T-shirts, tank tops and hooded sweaters with these colorful images are the creations of state Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-San Benito, and his business partners, Ruben Gallegos and Edward Rodriguez – Texas
September 17, 2009
Kenny Lopez makes a 67 market jump from KVEO-23 in Brownsville to KTXL-40 in Sacramento as a general assignment reporter.
March 6, 2009
Mary Alvarez – USDA employee with the most years of full time federal service still employed is a Hispanic woman from south Texas
December 23, 2008
Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez has been named as Mr. Amigo for Brownsville’s 2009 Charro Days
November 11, 2008
Red to Blue: Growing number of Hispanic voters in Texas promises to redefine politics
November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama has looked to South Texas where he selected University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet V. Garcia to join his transition team
October 23, 2008
After 29 years of service, retired Texas State Trooper Minerva Peña is seeking election to Place 6 on the Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees.
October 15, 2008
One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won a coveted $1 million prize Tuesday for making academic advances. – The Brownsville Independent School District serves nearly 50,000 students — 98 percent Hispanic and 43 percent learning English.
June 30, 2008
Border fence would cut through Texas university
June 23, 2008
Careful word play targets Hispanics – Marketers increasingly using commingling of languages for ad messages – Texas
June 10, 2008
Grupo Mexico CEO arrives at Texas courthouse for Asarco trial
June 9, 2008
Obama needs to secure Hispanic vote before general election
June 3, 2008
Immigrants face hurricane dilemma – (more on the Border Patrol and hurricane evacuation)
Can fence be built without immigrants? – Can the U.S. border fence be built on deadline without the help of foreign laborers? – (doubt it)
May 28, 2008
To Omar Minaya, racial divide on Mets sounds altogether wrong
May 22, 2008
Alliance/Merck Ciencia (Science) Hispanic Scholars Program Announced
May 21, 2008
Hurricanes, Citizenship, and the Makings of an Unnatural Disaster
May 19, 2008
Univision Crowns Second Winner of ”Nuestra Belleza Latina” – Melissa Marty from Caguas, Puerto Wins the Coveted Title in Grand Finale
May 7, 2008
Border fence is a “racist thing,” says Brownsville mayor
April 29, 2008
FSN Houston Teams with Astros to Produce Spanish-Language Telecasts
April 25, 2008
Dozens of new federal prosecutors headed to Texas – (and other border states)
March 31, 2008
Univision Announces 12 Finalists in `Nuestra Belleza Latina’ Competition
March 13, 2008
Did You Know? researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health conclude that the McAllen metropolitan area is one of the five worst regions of the country in its proportion of Latino children who live in “low-opportunity” neighborhoods compared to white children.
Study: McAllen area Hispanic children have fewer opportunities – Texas
March 11, 2008
SXSW panel: Latino cinema knows no boundaries
March 9, 2008
Protesters to march against Texas-Mexico border fence – (organized in part by teachers)
February 18, 2008
Border Fence Could Leave Family on Mexican Side of Fence
February 12, 2008
Mexican Military returns guns to border police – (Tamaulipas border)
Perry says fencing the entire Texas-Mexico border “not the answer”
February 6, 2008
FSI Advertisers Love Home-delivered Publications
U.S. threatens to sue over access to UT Brownsville campus for border fence – Regents to discuss issue today after campus president refused to allow surveys.
Congressman Ortiz secures federal funds to support Hispanic health research at UT School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus
January 29, 2008
Brownsville Mayor Declares Federal Government is Doing Irreparable Damage to Texas Border Region with Proposed Fence (Latina Lista)
January 22, 2008
The National Hispanic Press Foundation Announces College Access Initiative
January 16, 2008
“To appease people in middle America, they are going to kill our communities along the border,” said Pat Ahumada, the mayor of Brownsville. “The rest of America has no idea how we live our lives here. We are linked by the Rio Grande, not divided by it. Our history, our families, our neighbors are tied together on both sides of that river.”
January 11, 2008
Border homesteading – colonias in Texas – (interesting)
January 8, 2008
H&H Foods owes more than $9 million to Valley businesses – Texas
January 7, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanics are the most likely to learn of their HIV status late in their disease progression, the least likely to gain access to quality HIV/AIDS-related health care, and the most likely to die within 18 months of an AIDS diagnosis
January 3, 2008
RICHARD F. CORTEZ (the mayor of McAllen, Texas): We should be building bridges with Mexico instead of barriers
December 5, 2007
Investigarán autoridades de EU homicidio de Zayda
Few leads in killings of Mexican singers
December 4, 2007
Brownsville deputies join investigation into singer’s death – Mexican police suspect love triangle in Peña’s hospital room slaying
December 3, 2007
Mexican singer slain in hospital while recovering from gunshot wounds
November 13, 2007
“Not once is any Latino mentioned by name,” said Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmonst College who has written a book on the subject. “Not Latino, not Hispanic, not Mexican, not Mexican-American or any other term referring to Hispanics.” regarding Texas TEKS that Texas students study in fourth and 11th grades
Hispanics absent from history lessons – Texas (if true in Texas imagine the rest of the country)
November 12, 2007
Angélica Vale Named Mr. Amigo 2007
November 4, 2007
Politiqueras warn candidates can’t win without them – South Texas
October 28, 2007
Legendary peformer Flor Silvestre continues after husband’s death
October 15, 2007
Albert Armendariz Sr., LULAC’s 22nd President, Known For Being a Passionate Advocate of Civil Rights Dies
October 11, 2007
Castañeda: Valley ‘best proof’ of life on the border done right – Distinguished lector speaks against border fence, for improved relations between U.S.-Mexico
October 8, 2007
Chicano activist to bring message to Valley – Jose Angel Gutierrez – Texas
Latino activist and judge dies at 88 – Albert Armendariz, Sr – Texas
October 3, 2007
Mayors along the Texas-Mexico border have begun a quiet protest of the federal government’s plans to build a fence along the border: They are refusing to give access to their land. – (awesome)
October 2, 2007
Grupo Salinas; Azteca America :: Azteca America Presents ‘Issues: Caras y Voces’ Political Forum with News Veteran Armando Guzman Direct from Washington
September 27, 2007
Latinas learn about college opportunities at HESTEC
September 25, 2007
Specs for Texas-Mexico Border Fence Finalized (Latina Lista)
September 23, 2007
Local: Hispanic businesses boom in (Rio Grande) Valley, nation
September 12, 2007
Mexican consul hosting independence day celebrations in Harlingen – Texas
August 30, 2007
“Hispanic Newspapers Partner with National Hispanic Press Foundation/Continental Airlines to Promote Culture & College Access’
August 29, 2007
Few answer TV casting call – “Friday Night Lights’ wants Hispanic extras for Mexico episode – Brownsville, Texas
July 10, 2007
Fewer immigrants being apprehended at border
July 2, 2007
Clinton Campaign Announces National Hispanic Leadership Council
June 18, 2007
Azteca America Broadcast in Sherman, TX, 58th Market for Growing Network
June 13, 2007
Discovery en Español to Premiere Ground-Breaking Documentary – Viviendo En Las Sombras
May 31, 2007
Azteca America Scores Big With Live Mexican Soccer Final
May 13, 2007
Azteca America Signal Is Carried on Cox Cable in Tulsa
May 7, 2007
For Del Castillo, El Paso feels like coming home
April 17, 2007
Azteca America Reports FCC Denies NBC’s Objections Against Azteca America and Its License Renewal of Its Affiliate Station in L.A.
April 4, 2007
Azteca America Analyzes Station Options in Houston and San Francisco
March 25, 2007
Feliciano opens Performing Arts Season – Brownsville
February 7, 2007
Honduras teachers forge new friendships in Los Fresnos – Texas
February 2, 2007
2nd Migrant March will get personal – Migrant March II – San Diego to Brownsville and back
January 25, 2007
MIGRANT MARCH II (February 2-17, 2006) San Diego to Brownsville to San Diego
December 21, 2006
Gallego re-elected to lead Hispanic caucus – Texas
December 8, 2006
Mexican pop singer, actress Lucero named Mr. Amigo
November 28, 2006
A growing influence: Rise in Hispanic population leads to growing influence across region – Lima, Ohio
November 15, 2006
Border Fence Plan Has Gaping Holes
November 6, 2006
Bell tries to rally Latinos – Governor’s race – Texas
November 2, 2006
Baptist General Convention of Texas reports $1.3M fraud, mismanagement in church funds – Several Hispanics involved
October 30, 2006
‘Don’t fence me off the river’
October 29, 2006
Sharp rise in bribery cases tests integrity of U.S. border
October 26, 2006
Border wall protester finishes 200-mile walk in Brownsville – Texas
October 25, 2006
Federal Reserve OK’s Spanish bank’s $2.2B purchase of Texas Regional
October 22, 2006
2,000 Miles Along the Us-mexican Border
October 21, 2006
Joe Lopez of Grupo Mazz found guilty on 3 counts
October 18, 2006
Vaya con Dios – Reflections on life of Freddy Fender offers several opportunities to learn
October 15, 2006
Sneaking Across The Mexican Border With 3 Elephants And A Mariachi Band – Pennsylvanian Republican’s border show
October 13, 2006
Matamoros presents Festival Internacional de Otoño – Texas
October 4, 2006
Hispanic assimilation into U.S. strong in Rio Grande valley – Texas
September 28, 2006
Consulate signs accord to help Mexican laborers in U.S. – Dallas, Texas
