Welcome to day 2 of #oralhistory #interviews in #Hebbronville, #TX. Yesterday, we conducted 5 interviews, and we’re doing 11 more today. 5 this morning and 6 this afternoon! 🎥 MaggieRivasRodriguez Philis BarragánGoetz Latino Studies at UT Austin TEXAS Moody LLILAS BENSON

For the full story by MaggieRivasRodriguez on KUT Austin’s Texas Standard, visit: texasstandard.org/stories/rudy-r…

"The Scripps Howard Fund is seeking to fund new journalism internship programs aimed at increasing the number of Hispanic and Latino journalists working in specific regions where they are under-represented in newsrooms." us.grantrequest.com/Application.as…

Great to see Manny Garcia providing nuance and context to Texas politics via Spectrum News 1 Texas with KarinaKling.

A wonderful lineup, Latino USA!! Hope Gil Cardenas, the then-director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at UT Austin, who write the grant proposal that launched it, will be included some way—

How wonderful that folks in Illinois will get an amazing benefit. Would love to learn how this unfolded.

Jovita Enriquez Tellez, one of the last surviving US Navy WAVES all-women reserves unit, was laid to rest yesterday at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Her century of life was marked by bravery, service, and love her family, and she will be remembered as a true trailblazer.

Bittersweet to hear coverage of WWII vets at Normandy this week. This is the last major observance by the dwindling survivors of this historic turning point in the war. Proud that Voces Oral History Center and others captured some of those memories.

Sending you happy vibes, Katherine Bynum Chávez, PhD —

.Joaquin Castro — you’ll enjoy this story Voces Oral History Center produced about Johnny Canales—

Grace Reader A society of guns because that’s the law and this is the result again and again and again!

At ⁦NAHJ⁩ conference in LA— had a great dinner last night with hubby and son and longtime friends Evelyn Hernandez and her brother Efraín and Juan Gonzalez and wife/historian Lilia Fernandez. Our 40th anniversary!

CenterPoint has deep roots in Houston and deep pockets for Texas politicians. The electric utility has given Mayor John Whitmire over $58,000 to shape state law and city government and employed his daughter as a lobbyist. Links in the comments. Houston Chronicle San Antonio Express-News #txlege

Why do mass power outages continue to happen in Texas? 🔹Extreme weather knocks power producers or power lines offline 🔹Legislators have focused on power generation — not power lines and poles. 🔹Strengthening is expensive w/Emily Foxhall for Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2024/07/18/tex…

“Astonishing” - The Washington Post “Stunning” - Jonathan Eig “A true literary tour de force” - Michael Eric Dyson Available now.

Watched Going Mariachi at Cine Las Americas this spring and LOVED it! Thanks for posting, Latinx Talk —

Leon Panetta, former defense Secretary, with a strong line to cheers. Our military is to protect us from threats abroad, it’s not to threaten Americans, and it sure as hell is not for putting immigrants in camps.

DEVELOPING STORY: LULAC says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic… #txlege

I’ll be there to see this documentary— nos vemos

How many times has The Onion had this same gag? Shame on our country.