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May 16, 2011
The town on the wrong side of America’s drugs war – A huge fence runs thousands of miles along the border with Mexico to keep migrants and narcotics out. Trouble is, it also cuts off half of Brownsville, Texas.
from independent.co.uk :: Tagged border, brownsville, Texas
November 28, 2010
Witness to history getting a new life – Building a home to artists whose muse is drug war – Rigoberto Gonzalez’s series Baroque on the Border in Brownsville, Texas
from chron.com :: Tagged artist, border, brownsville, drug war, Texas
October 20, 2010
Brownsville student witness to presidential ceremony on Hispanic initiatives – Javier Garcia II, 13
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, student, Texas, Washington DC
September 12, 2010
It was recently reported that U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz of South Texas is one of six congressmen who are subjects of a federal investigation into use of travel money. The Brownsville Herald decided to take a look at his travel habits since 1993. The information is gathered exclusively from public documents and is the first of several articles that will document some of Ortiz’s travels.
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, congress, Solomon Ortiz, Texas
December 9, 2009
Pope names new bishop for Brownsville – Monsignor Daniel E. Flores
from chron.com :: Tagged brownsville, catholic, Texas
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
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, Juliet V. Garcia, latina, Texas, university of texas
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
:: Tagged brownsville, Elaine del Valle, Nuyorican, Theater
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.
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged artist, brownsville, indigenous, Texas
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.
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, student, Texas
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
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, 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.
from mediamoves.blogspot.com :: Tagged brownsville, California, reporter, Sacramento, television
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
:: Tagged brownsville, government, latina, Texas
December 23, 2008
Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez has been named as Mr. Amigo for Brownsville’s 2009 Charro Days
from valleycentral.com :: Tagged brownsville, Eugenio Derbez, Texas
November 11, 2008
Red to Blue: Growing number of Hispanic voters in Texas promises to redefine politics
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, hispanic voters, Texas
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
from chron.com :: Tagged Barack Obama, brownsville, Juliet V. Garcia, latina, Texas, university of texas
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.
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged brownsville, Texas
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.
from chron.com :: Tagged border, brownsville, student, Texas
June 30, 2008
Border fence would cut through Texas university
from nytimes.com :: Tagged border, border fence, brownsville, university of texas
June 23, 2008
Careful word play targets Hispanics – Marketers increasingly using commingling of languages for ad messages – Texas
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged bilingual, brownsville, Texas
June 10, 2008
Grupo Mexico CEO arrives at Texas courthouse for Asarco trial
from azstarnet.com :: Tagged attorney, brownsville, judge, Mexico, Texas
June 9, 2008
Obama needs to secure Hispanic vote before general election
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged Barack Obama, brownsville, hispanic voters, population
June 3, 2008
Immigrants face hurricane dilemma – (more on the Border Patrol and hurricane evacuation)
from usatoday.com :: Tagged border, border patrol, brownsville, deportation, Mexico, Texas
Can fence be built without immigrants? – Can the U.S. border fence be built on deadline without the help of foreign laborers? – (doubt it)
from brownsvilleherald.com :: Tagged border, brownsville, Pew Hispanic
May 28, 2008
To Omar Minaya, racial divide on Mets sounds altogether wrong
from nydailynews.com :: Tagged Baseball, brooklyn, brownsville, demographics, New York, New York City
May 22, 2008
Alliance/Merck Ciencia (Science) Hispanic Scholars Program Announced
from :: Tagged brownsville, Professor, student
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