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"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
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The book Live from America: How Latino TV Conquered the U.S. details the powerful figures who worked behind the scenes to make Spanish-language media successful.
The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute has published an analysis of the Trump administration’s immigration actions one year following his inauguration.
Historian Sam W. Haynes explains how a convergence of Mexican, Anglo, and indigenous cultures led to instances of conflict and violence from 1821-1879.
The documentary follows the lives of San Antonian JV Villarreal and his Marine brothers while on tour in Afghanistan.
Scholar and anthropologist Davíd Carrasco has dedicated much of his career to exploring Mexico’s Mesoamerican past. He is also dedicated to telling the story of his father, David L. Carrasco—an El Paso native who became the first Mexican American head basketball coach at a major U.S. university.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ramping up detentions of individuals who appear at Immigration Court for their mandatory hearings, including in San Antonio.
The new children’s book Of the Sun: A Poem for the Land’s First Peoples celebrates the ties that Indigenous peoples still hold to the land.
The book explores the disparities in education between the children of Nazi scientists and the ethnic Mexican children who attended segregated schools in El Paso.
Photographer Marni Shindelman's series, "Restore the Night Sky" documents the effects of light pollution at 45 private ICE detention centers across the U.S.
University of Michigan PhD candidate Vianey Rueda wrote about the ongoing water conflict between Mexico and the U.S.
The picture book, "Franky(sito)'s World," highlights the story of a young boy with autism growing up in a multigenerational Latino household.
Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation details what came before, after, and during the historic court case.
Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda was believed by many to have bilocated hundreds of times from her monastery in rural Spain to parts of what’s now the American Southwest.
The podcast's fifth season dives into taco culture, from the women who serve as the backbone of Mexican cooking, to the role that food can play in politics.
Mexican chef Pati Jinich and UT San Antonio's Amy Rushing talk about the signficance of the food and history highlighted in the collection.
The national nonprofit Latinos in Heritage Conservation released a list of landmarks that hold cultural and historical significance, and face demolition, neglect, or otherwise uncertain futures.
Archeologist Jorge Luis García Ruiz documents the movement north of Spanish explorers in his book, Presidio: Soldiers of the King in New Mexico.
The August report by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, finds the changes have left many immigrants trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.
Sex Work: It’s Just a Job explores the move to decriminalize sex work, and confronts the racism, sexism, and transphobia that can fuel violent police crackdowns.
Sociologist Joanna Dreby interviewed 99 young adults in New York to examine the impacts of enforcement-first approaches to immigration policy.
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