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No water. No heat. No electricity. Those were the conditions millions of Texans were thrown into when a snowstorm barreled through the state last week. But for tens of thousands of people living along the border with Mexico, losing these services didn’t just mean struggling through a few cold nights. Their lives were already so precarious that the freezing temperatures made even survival a challenge. For Nohemí, who lives in a community of informal settlements known as a colonia in South Texas, government neglect has long been a fact of life. When she arrived in the Rio Grande Valley from ...

Artpace's Main Space exhibition features new work by José Villalobos José Villalobos, de los otros, 2021. Photo by Beth Devillier. SAN ANTONIO, TX .-Artpace is presenting de los otros, the first exhibition of 2021 in the Main Space gallery, featuring José Villalobos's work. While Artpace is closed for appointments, the exhibition is visible from N. Main Ave. Jose Villalobos's artwork utilizes objects connected to his Norteño culture to challenge toxic masculinity and the marginalization of queer bodies. de los otros continues his practice of exploiting items related to his cultural heri...

Posted By Bryan Rindfuss on Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:30 AM click to enlarge Bryan Rindfuss A reimagined barrack for braceros anchors José Villalobos’ new Artpace exhibition “De los Otros.” Protesting “the toxicity of machismo” has become a common thread in the work of José Villalobos, an El Paso native who draws creative inspiration from his experiences ...

iframe src "https://embed.hpm.io/389633/389644" style "height: 115px; width: 100%;" /iframe X A new podcast called Chicano Squad tells the true story of an all-Latino homicide squad in Houston that began in the late 1970s that — with little training — was asked to solve some of the city's most violent crimes. Host Cristela Alonzo, an actor and comedian who grew up in Texas, spoke to Houston Matters host Craig Cohen about the project and the stories it tells. The interview below has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Actress and comedian Cristela Alonzo is the host of the ...

This bilingual comic book series gives Latino children a superhero of their own FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 "El Peso Hero" is slated to be turned into a film with production starting this fall.Hector RodriguezShow MoreShow Less 3of3 In the face of a pandemic rises a superhero unlike any you've seen. He goes by the name of Ignacio Rivera, aka "El Peso Hero," and brings to life the stories of thousands of Latino immigrants forgotten or ignored by society. Created by Texas educator Hector Rodriguez, "El Peso Hero" is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The hit comic book series will soon a...