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Fronteras
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"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
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Fronteras: Coercion vs. collaboration – How a better foreign policy model can manage migration
May 800:21:51Tap to summarizeA new report from the George W. Bush Institute argues that many border policies only provide short-term solutions to illegal immigration.
Transcribe →Fronteras: ‘The Selena Reader’ examines the impact of the Queen of Tejano through an academic lens
May 100:21:44Tap to summarizeSelena's legacy is explored in the literary collection through essays, short stories, poems, and memoirs.
Transcribe →Fronteras: New book offers a guide on how to explore the richness of Latino communities through oral history
Apr 2400:36:12Tap to summarize"Embodied Encuentros" outlines the best practices in gathering and archiving the oral experiences of Latino communities.
Transcribe →Fronteras: New report provides a look into the struggles and successes of Latino arts and culture organizations
Apr 1700:21:44Tap to summarizeThe "A Mirror and a Map" report by NALAC examines how these groups are faring in factors ranging from financial stability to leadership structures.
Transcribe →Fronteras: How history will move forward after the fall of late labor leader César Chávez
Apr 1000:21:43Tap to summarizeA historic preservationist Sehila Mota Casper discusses how the history and legacy of the farmworkers movement will evolve following new revelations against Chávez.
Transcribe →Fronteras: How the forgotten Spanish mission of Los Adaes played a role in the founding of Texas
Apr 300:31:35Tap to summarizeThe book "Los Adaes, the First Capital of Spanish Texas" explores the colonial history of this all-but-forgotten Spanish fort and mission.
Transcribe →Fronteras: ‘Education is in grave danger’ — Film highlights fight against censorship in higher ed
Mar 2700:30:19Tap to summarize"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.
Transcribe →Fronteras: Novel 'Curtains of Rain' is a love letter for those who live on the margins
Mar 2000:24:28Tap to summarizeThe new bilingual novel follows protagonist Solitaria, a queer Chicana returning to her hometown on the South Texas border after fleeing 15 years prior.
Transcribe →Fronteras: ‘Now I Surrender’ tells the epic story of Apache resistance
Mar 600:32:00Tap to summarizeThe 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.
Transcribe →Fronteras: 6,000 years of art — How the Pecos River style murals influenced Mesoamerican cosmology
Feb 2700:27:27Tap to summarizeArcheologist Carolyn Boyd discusses recent discoveries made at the Pecos River-style mural site on the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio.
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