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A Caribbean Native Finds a Connection to Home in Corpus Christi

A Caribbean Native Finds a Connection to Home in Corpus Christi

Open Road  | July 2022 The WaterAsks Me Questions A Caribbean ... Read More »

Laredo Is the Land of Always Both and Neither

Laredo Is the Land of Always Both and Neither

Mexican and American cultures blend into something new in the South Texas border town Read More »

Texas Humor’s Founder Jay B. Sauceda Considers the Texas Identity

Texas Humor’s Founder Jay B. Sauceda Considers the Texas Identity

As a photographer, pilot, author, and entrepreneur, Jay B. Sauceda has ruminated upon the Texas identity from ... Read More »

The Hugs Not Walls Program Reunites Families Along the Rio Grande

The Hugs Not Walls Program Reunites Families Along the Rio Grande

Hernan Hernandez and his mother, Leticia Lozano Martinez, are sitting on a park bench in South El Paso. They take ... Read More »

Karankawa Descendants are Reclaiming Their Heritage After Being Written Off as Extinct

Karankawa Descendants are Reclaiming Their Heritage After Being Written Off as Extinct

W With cane ornaments piercing their noses and nipples, Karankawa warriors were the stuff of nightmares. Reports ... Read More »

A Father and Daughter Share a Devotion to <i>Charreadas</i> in Del Rio

A Father and Daughter Share a Devotion to Charreadas in Del Rio

Open Road  | June 2022 A Single Silver Spur A daughter and father ... Read More »

Kinky Friedman Introduces Gold Star Kids to the Land That Shaped Him

Kinky Friedman Introduces Gold Star Kids to the Land That Shaped Him

He’s the bard of the Hill Country—a satirist, author, singer-songwriter, raconteur, and equal-opportunity ... Read More »

The Healing Power of the Texas Landscape

The Healing Power of the Texas Landscape

Open Road  | May 2022 An Open Palm A state of grief becomes a state of solace for a new Texan by Fowzia KarimiIf ... Read More »

It Wouldn’t Be Wedding Season in Texas Without the Grand March

It Wouldn’t Be Wedding Season in Texas Without the Grand March

The dance starts with our elders. Two old-timers who know what it means to spend decades together in marriage ... Read More »

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