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Local fashion designers took high fashion to the streets last month to showcase clothes characterized as "rasquachic."

The Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law, banned racial discrimination in voting and enforced the 15th Amendment right for Black men to vote.

Author Reyna Grande writes about the struggles of assimilation and the healing powers of storytelling in her new memoir.

In her latest essay collection, author Reyna Grande reflects on her difficult experiences migrating to the U.S. from Mexico.

A new Brookings article examines the ways colonias in the Rio Grande Valley continue to be disinvested and what needs to be done to improve conditions.

The Climate Heritage Network is an organization looking to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement by tackling climate change through heritage, arts, and culture.

The exhibit showcases posters, pictures, flyers, and other memorabilia that were mainstays of Saluté International Bar for 25 years.

MACRI’s annual symposium brings speakers from all over the country to speak about contemporary civil rights issues and how they affect people today.

From the desert into the detention center, "Peregrina/Pilgrim" shares the immigrant experience with readers.

A new report from the George W. Bush Institute argues that many border policies only provide short-term solutions to illegal immigration.

Selena's legacy is explored in the literary collection through essays, short stories, poems, and memoirs.

"Embodied Encuentros" outlines the best practices in gathering and archiving the oral experiences of Latino communities.

The "A Mirror and a Map" report by NALAC examines how these groups are faring in factors ranging from financial stability to leadership structures.

A historic preservationist Sehila Mota Casper discusses how the history and legacy of the farmworkers movement will evolve following new revelations against Chávez.

The book "Los Adaes, the First Capital of Spanish Texas" explores the colonial history of this all-but-forgotten Spanish fort and mission.

"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.

The new bilingual novel follows protagonist Solitaria, a queer Chicana returning to her hometown on the South Texas border after fleeing 15 years prior.

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.

Archeologist Carolyn Boyd discusses recent discoveries made at the Pecos River-style mural site on the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio.

The book is part of a series that explores how contemporary movements shed new light on Shakespeare's work.

A new study by the Brookings Institution examines how federal policies are causing harm to Latino-owned businesses across the state.

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.

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.