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| Fronteras: New report provides a look into the struggles and successes of Latino arts and culture organizations | 17 avr. 2026 | 00:21:44 | |
The "A Mirror and a Map" report by NALAC examines how these groups are faring in factors ranging from financial stability to leadership structures. | |||
| Fronteras: How history will move forward after the fall of late labor leader César Chávez | 10 avr. 2026 | 00:21:43 | |
A historic preservationist Sehila Mota Casper discusses how the history and legacy of the farmworkers movement will evolve following new revelations against Chávez. | |||
| Fronteras: How the forgotten Spanish mission of Los Adaes played a role in the founding of Texas | 03 avr. 2026 | 00:31:35 | |
The book "Los Adaes, the First Capital of Spanish Texas" explores the colonial history of this all-but-forgotten Spanish fort and mission. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Education is in grave danger’ — Film highlights fight against censorship in higher ed | 27 mars 2026 | 00:30:19 | |
"Censorship at Texas A&M" is a film that follows prominent writers and activists as they bring attention to the crackdown of race and gender studies at Texas universities. | |||
| Fronteras: Novel 'Curtains of Rain' is a love letter for those who live on the margins | 20 mars 2026 | 00:24:28 | |
The new bilingual novel follows protagonist Solitaria, a queer Chicana returning to her hometown on the South Texas border after fleeing 15 years prior. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Now I Surrender’ tells the epic story of Apache resistance | 06 mars 2026 | 00:32:00 | |
The new book by acclaimed Mexican author Álvaro Enrigue weaves the past and present to tell the story of the Apache surrender in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. | |||
| Fronteras: 6,000 years of art — How the Pecos River style murals influenced Mesoamerican cosmology | 27 févr. 2026 | 00:27:27 | |
Archeologist Carolyn Boyd discusses recent discoveries made at the Pecos River-style mural site on the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio. | |||
| FRONTERAS: ‘Shakespeare in Tongues’ explores how the Bard’s works are being used to reframe migration and colonialism | 20 févr. 2026 | 00:23:35 | |
The book is part of a series that explores how contemporary movements shed new light on Shakespeare's work. | |||
| Fronteras: How tariffs, immigration enforcement are creating a ‘chilling effect’ in the Texas economy | 13 févr. 2026 | 00:25:02 | |
A new study by the Brookings Institution examines how federal policies are causing harm to Latino-owned businesses across the state. | |||
| Fronteras: A 300-year mystery solved — Archaeologists discover evidence of the lost Mission Espíritu Santo | 06 févr. 2026 | 00:21:53 | |
An archaeology team from Texas Tech University and the Texas Historical Commission recently discovered remnants of the mission on a private ranch near Presidio La Bahía in West Texas. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Live from America’ examines the 70-year evolution of Spanish-language TV in the U.S. | 30 janv. 2026 | 00:24:00 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: Migration Policy Institute discusses ‘chilling effect’ of Trump 2.0 immigration policies | 23 janv. 2026 | 00:33:07 | |
The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute has published an analysis of the Trump administration’s immigration actions one year following his inauguration. | |||
| Fronteras: How a divergence of cultures led to interracial violence in 19th century Texas | 16 janv. 2026 | 00:31:48 | |
Historian Sam W. Haynes explains how a convergence of Mexican, Anglo, and indigenous cultures led to instances of conflict and violence from 1821-1879. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘American Sons’ follows the impact of war on a brotherhood of Marines | 09 janv. 2026 | 00:31:32 | |
The documentary follows the lives of San Antonian JV Villarreal and his Marine brothers while on tour in Afghanistan. | |||
| Fronteras: Harvard scholar explores Mexico’s Mesoamerican past, father’s key role in integration of college sports | 02 janv. 2026 | 00:22:05 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center honors community history, culture with Museo del Westside | 26 déc. 2025 | 00:22:05 | |
A former San Antonio ice house is now home to a community museum that celebrates the people, stories, and contributions of the city's historic West Side. | |||
| Fronteras: Witnessing Immigration Court arrests of adults and children by ICE | 19 déc. 2025 | 00:26:54 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Of the Sun’ encourages young readers to embrace Indigenous roots, ties to the land | 12 déc. 2025 | 00:23:53 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Educating the Enemy’ — How Nazi and Mexican children were educated in the Cold War-era borderlands | 05 déc. 2025 | 00:22:05 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Detention is everywhere’ — Photo series highlights impact of private ICE facilities on rural landscapes | 28 nov. 2025 | 00:22:03 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Drought Does Not Know Sanctions’ — Essay dives into complex issues at play in binational 1944 water treaty | 21 nov. 2025 | 00:29:26 | |
University of Michigan PhD candidate Vianey Rueda wrote about the ongoing water conflict between Mexico and the U.S. | |||
| ‘Difference doesn’t mean deficient’ — Children's book celebrates neurodiversity, inclusion, and culture | 14 nov. 2025 | 00:22:05 | |
The picture book, "Franky(sito)'s World," highlights the story of a young boy with autism growing up in a multigenerational Latino household. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Mexican Americans experienced segregation’ — New exhibit breaks down the long fight to desegregate Texas schools | 07 nov. 2025 | 00:23:46 | |
Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation details what came before, after, and during the historic court case. | |||
| Fronteras: Evangelizing the New World — Exploring the legend of the 17th-century ‘Lady in Blue’ | 02 nov. 2025 | 00:22:04 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Tacos of Texas’ podcast dishes out another season of food, culture, and community | 24 oct. 2025 | 00:29:40 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: San Antonio’s Mexican cookbook collection the ‘beating heart’ of Mexican cuisine and culture | 17 oct. 2025 | 00:22:03 | |
Mexican chef Pati Jinich and UT San Antonio's Amy Rushing talk about the signficance of the food and history highlighted in the collection. | |||
| Fronteras: From churches to barrios — 13 endangered Latinx landmarks embody culture, resilience, and migration | 10 oct. 2025 | 00:28:35 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: A deep dive into the Spanish conquest of Texas, New Mexico | 03 oct. 2025 | 00:24:17 | |
Archeologist Jorge Luis García Ruiz documents the movement north of Spanish explorers in his book, Presidio: Soldiers of the King in New Mexico. | |||
| Fronteras: New report examines devastating impact of migration policy changes | 26 sept. 2025 | 00:23:03 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Sex work is work’ — Documentary examines the push to decriminalize the sex industry | 19 sept. 2025 | 00:24:06 | |
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. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘Surviving the ICE Age’ — How deportations and detentions impact U.S. citizen children of immigrants | 12 sept. 2025 | 00:27:17 | |
Sociologist Joanna Dreby interviewed 99 young adults in New York to examine the impacts of enforcement-first approaches to immigration policy. | |||
| Fronteras: Regenerating the land and indigenous connections through the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project | 05 sept. 2025 | 00:31:18 | |
The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project and The Conservation Fund hope to reconnect with indigeneity and reintroduce the buffalo back to South Texas. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘It’s unwritten history’— The years-long fight to offer American Indian/Native Studies in Texas public schools | 29 août 2025 | 00:34:57 | |
School districts across the state now have the option to offer American Indian/Native Studies as an elective course. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist’ — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings | 22 août 2025 | 00:25:26 | |
The recent report, A Matter of Justice: The Uninvestigated Homicides of La Matanza, aims to pursue justice for the victims of la matanza. | |||
| Fronteras: ‘It comes from the soul’ — Remembering the life, legacy of conjunto pioneer Flaco Jiménez | 15 août 2025 | 00:22:47 | |
San Antonians remember Flaco Jiménez, who died July 31, at the age of 86. | |||
| $1,000 and a free flight home — Examining the Trump administration's self-deportation campaign | 08 août 2025 | 00:24:33 | |
The article "Can the Trump Administration's 'Self-Deportation' Campaign Succeed?" by the non-partisan think tank, Migration Policy Institute addresses the unanswered questions surrounding the administration's self-deportation push. | |||
| Border Vigil collaborates to ID immigrants in Eagle Pass, pay tribute to lives lost | 01 août 2025 | 00:23:50 | |
Border Vigil in Eagle Pass has been holding monthly vigils to remember the immigrants who have drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande. The group’s members have recently been receiving training in recovering human remains at the border. | |||
| Fronteras: Film ‘Spring of the Vanishing’ sheds lights on dozens of people who disappeared at the hands of Mexican marines | 25 juil. 2025 | 00:30:22 | |
The documentary tells of the dozens of men and boys who were missing and murdered by Mexican marines during a period of four months in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. | |||
| Researchers give voice to immigrant families, break down the costs of being undocumented | 18 juil. 2025 | 00:26:04 | |
Researchers aim to humanize immigrants by sharing their stories. | |||
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