On the Bus with Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, is campaigning like hell—how far will it get her? Chris Hooks got on the campaign bus for a few days to find out.
Tag Archives: Rio Grande Valley
Eye On Texas: Jennifer Whitney Captures the Decline of Women’s Health Care
Jennifer Whitney documents the effects of cuts to women’s health-care and family-planning funding and access with a focus on the Rio Grande Valley.
The Militia Next Door
At Camp Lonestar, a citizen militia campsite outside Brownsville, a group of armed volunteers seeks to ‘push back the illegals.’
WTF Friday: The Lavatories of Democracy
In this week’s WTF Friday, we go deep, deep into the lavatories of democracy.
National Guard Troops Deployed to Border Unpaid and Hungry
Members of the National Guard contingent that Governor Perry sent to the border have fallen on hard times, according to one Rio Grande Valley TV station.
Dewhurst: ‘Someone’s Going to Get Hurt’ in Border Surge
In an interview with a tea party radio show, David Dewhurst described the surge of DPS and National Guard to the border with menacing bravado.
Former Border Sheriff Sentenced for Money Laundering
Guadalupe “Lupe” Treviño, the former sheriff of Hidalgo County and once one of the most powerful lawmen on the border, was sentenced to five […]
Obama: Spike in Children at Border ‘Urgent Humanitarian Situation’
President Obama issued a presidential memo Monday calling the huge number of unaccompanied children crossing the border—primarily into Texas—an “urgent humanitarian situation.” The White […]
Military Base Reopened as Emergency Shelter for Central American Children
The U.S. government has reopened an emergency shelter at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio to house unaccompanied children from Central America. Government […]
Border Patrol Agent’s Assault of Three Women Shakes Border Community
On March 12, a Honduran woman, her 14-year old daughter and another teenage girl surrendered to Border Patrol agent Esteban Manzanares on the banks of the Rio Grande in Mission, Texas. What happened next has shaken a border community and become a major scandal for the Border Patrol.