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DALLAS (AP) -- Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, an award-winning Texas author who began in the 1970s writing a series of novels that told the stories of

Luis Jiménez, born in El Paso and a longtime resident of New Mexico, lived most of his life in the American Southwest. In his art, he critically addressed themes like ...

The history of violence and racism against Latinos along the southern border includes attacks by Texas Rangers.

Demands for the ousting of a nonpartisan county elections official for failing to be sufficiently Republican? Donald Trump took Hood County by 81%, but local Republicans want the election official there fired. We'll hear why some think this could be a microcosm of Texas politics at the moment. And: With so much growth among Latinos in Texas according to the last census, where are they on the new redistricting maps? Also: Recent viral images of border agents rounding up Black migrants on hor...

Gov. Abbott is delving again into another attempt to stoke culture wars and dictate what Texans can and cannot do.

In this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by author Lacy M. Johnson and novelist Natalia Sylvester. First, Johnson recalls her personal experience through the recent storm, and talks about the ongoing debate over deregulation and privatization of the Texas energy grid. Then, Sylvester unravels the whitewashed, exceptionalist myth of Texas; elevates its Mexican, Black, and Indigenous history; and talks about what it means for he...