Culture
Don Tomás Sánchez: frontier captain and pioneer, founder of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo
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Un hombre güero thought to have Sephardic Jewish roots
Commentary & Opinion
Using the MLK holiday to kickstart organizing for justice
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He would protest imprisoning immigrant children, breaking up families, rendering the asylum process a farce
Frontera
Earthjustice: Congress must stop funding the Trump administration’s hateful border agenda
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Year-end appropriations legislation hands administration $1.4 billion
Commentary & Opinion
Borrowing from Trump’s defense tactics that fly in the face of the Constitution
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This administration run amuck shreds the American Constitution on a daily basis
Frontera
‘We Build the Wall’ Lands in South Texas, Vilifies Priest and Butterfly Refuge
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Accusing a priest of supporting human trafficking and a nature center of butterfly-smuggling is one way to make friends when you’re the new kid in town.
Commentary & Opinion
Landowners: Think twice before signing Border Wall Right-of-Entry letters
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Signing an ROE is first step in government building the wall in your backyard
Community
Laredoan José Melendez leads Monclova Aceros to Mexican League baseball title
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Melendez: 1998 UHS graduate
Community
Fr. Francisco Stodola retires from Texas Army National Guard
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Lt. Col. Stodola honored at Camp Mabry, Austin
Commentary & Opinion
Labor Day 2019: deepening economic injustice
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Before 2010, the middle class owned more wealth than the one percent
Government and Politics
The Consequence of Trump’s New Family Detention Rules
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The Trump administration announced a new rule allowing for indefinite detention of migrant families. Game theory suggests it won’t end well.