Here are the links to the video recording and podcast of my 9/10 presentation (35m talk in a 60m event) video: youtu.be/SWdNdEUQa6A?si… podcast: tuesdayswithmerton.podbean.com/?fbclid=IwY2xj…

Breaking: Jolt Action is suing Texas Attorney General Attorney General Ken Paxton to stop the state’s investigation into the group’s voter registration efforts texastribune.org/2024/09/13/tex…

Checking my registration. Thanks, María Méndez!!

Thank you so much to the LLILAS BENSON — esp. photo exhibit curator Veronica Valarino for hosting Voces Oral History Center!

Monday 9/30, noon CST Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso, Dr. Tara López! Hybrid event—in person UT History Department & Zoom: López dives into the sonic history of the city, drawing on 70+ interviews, unarchived flyers, photos, & memorabilia. Zoom Reg: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Woo hoo!!! Congrats to Jackie Pedota (she/her/ella), whose dissertation just earned a major award. Jackie is also the managing editor of the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal, a publication of the Voces Oral History Center. So proud of her!

Gracias, LLILAS BENSON — we at Voces Oral History Center love bringing these radio stories about our beautiful Latino history to folks.

And US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal and Voces Oral History Center is mighty delighted to have you on the journal’s bard, JulieLeiningerPycior 💖

Here is my presentation about the Life and Death Along the Border traveling exhibit with an introduction of my new research. Refusing to Forget youtu.be/TiickcX3zYE?si…

Congratulations to Texans Eva Longoria Baston and Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez, who will receive the prestigious National Medal of Arts tonight.   Texas's own Selena Quintanilla, the Queen of Tejano Music, will also receive a posthumous award.   Thank you President Donald J. Trump for honoring these legends.

The AERA Latina/o/x Sig invites you to join a panel of Latina/o/x faculty who will discuss the presidential election results and what they mean for the Latina/o/x community. Don't miss this critical discussion. Register here: bit.ly/4dRpN6x

This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced #VoteKamala

Bien hecho, Ricky Martin and friends!

News flash: On Tuesday night, regardless of what the vote tallies say, Trump will declare victory.  He will claim the only reason he may lose is “vote stealing.” Undermining the legitimacy of an election is how demagogues destroy faith in democracy. Kamala for President.

Mexican journalists hold a Day of the Dead march to honor Palestinian and Lebanese journalists killed by Israel Nearly 150 media workers have been slain in Israel’s wars since last year Solidarity from Mexico City to the Middle East Photos by Elizabeth Sauno🔥🔥

We want to wish all our friends who celebrate, a happy #DiwaliCelebration. Marigolds which many use in garlands & decorations are harvested by farm workers like Ignacio. Marigolds are said to bring good luck and fortune, and symbolize the beauty and fragility of life.

Again ⁦Southwest Airlines⁩ comes through with an altar in the Austin airport. Touches the heart💖

No hot takes on Latino voters until you can tell me the names of the books you’ve read by Latino authors, can list Latino reporters, can tell me the names of Latino actors and artists. Don’t start with your theories on Latinos if you just discovered us last night.

Who drives 140 miles from San Antonio to Austin to hand-deliver 16 interview tapes for the ⁦Voces Oral History Center⁩ on a Saturday morning? That would be my longtime friend Rene A. Gonzalez. Interviews from 1970’s with elderly relatives in Hebbronville, Texas— South Texas.

Loved working on this story about a Spanish-born Vietnam Vet. The icing on the cake for this one were the recordings of him, in 1968, talking to his wife and children back home.