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Norma Martinez
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Broadcaster, Texas Public Radio, formerly KTEP El Paso.
Cellist at large, dog mom, dog defender, blues believer.
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Harvard Mesoamerican scholar Davíd Carrasco talks about his line of research and about a film project on his father, David L. Carrasco.
He presents a talk Friday at 6 p.m. @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social and Sat at 10 a.m. @somosmacri.bsky.social
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Mesoamerican connections to modern Mexican American identity, and a coach from the barrio integrates basketball
Harvard scholar Davíd Carrasco discusses Chicano ties to Mesoamerica and a film project about his father's integration of a university basketball team.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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‘They Were Very Sorry for Your Loss’: Ex-San Antonio Officers Found Not Guilty in City’s First Murder Trial for Police Shooting thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/10/s...
‘They Were Very Sorry for Your Loss’: Ex-San Antonio Officers Found Not Guilty in City’s First Murder Trial for Police Shooting
Three former officers faced life in prison for the death of Melissa Perez, whom they shot behind a locked glass door.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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On #Fronteras:
TPR intern Ivanna Bass Caldera visited @somosmacri.bsky.social to see their traveling exhibit on a key school desegregation case. Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD extended Brown v. Board protections to Mexican American students.
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Fronteras: ‘Mexican Americans experienced segregation’ — New exhibit breaks down the long fight to desegregate Texas schools
Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation details what came before, after, and during the historic court case.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Voters in 4 out of 5 area school districts rejected voter-approval tax rate elections to help pay for salaries, operations, and supplies.
I talk to TPR's education reporter @camille-phillips.bsky.social about what's next for these districts.
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Voters struck down four school tax-rate elections in the San Antonio area. What happens now?
Only one of the five San Antonio area school tax-rate elections passed on Nov. 4. TPR's Norma Martinez sat down with Education Reporter Camille Phillips to discuss what happens next.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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This is the story you needed today...
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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On #Fronteras:
María de Jesús de Ágreda, the Lady in Blue, reportedly bilocated from her Spanish convent to speak to Native peoples in New Spain (present day New Mexico) in the 1600s.
Honorary Consul of Spain in El Paso, Martha Vera, tells her story.
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Fronteras: Evangelizing the New World — Exploring the legend of the 17th-century ‘Lady in Blue’
Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda was believed by many to have bilocated hundreds of times from her monastery in rural Spain to parts of what’s now the American Southwest.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The TX constitutional amendment ballot may be overwhelming and confusing.
These are all important issues that need context and explanation. These explainers by the League of Women Voters tell you all you need to know:
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October 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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On #Fronteras:
Taco journalism is a means of tying food to stories of food and culture. Mando Rayo has dedicated his career to telling these stories, and enters his 5th season hosting & producing the Tacos of Texas podcast.
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Fronteras: ‘Tacos of Texas’ podcast dishes out another season of food, culture, and community
The podcast's fifth season dives into taco culture, from the women who serve as the backbone of Mexican cooking, to the role that food can play in politics.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It's become my nightly mission to find my little sleeping friend 🦎
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Migration is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, yet researchers in academia & beyond often struggle to influence policy

A new survey of 1,835 scholars across 101 countries reveals why

Read up in our Migration Information Source magazine www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migr...
When asked, researchers identify three systemic issues as being responsible for blunting the policy relevance of much of their work: persistent fragmentation across disciplines and geographies, uneven access to reliable data and methodological training, and deep structural inequalities in whose voices are represented. Each challenge narrows the evidence base and limits the ability of research to better inform policy.
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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My little friend settling in for the night in his aloe sanctuary.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Our US Immigrant Spotlight articles make it easy to find accurate information about the diverse foreign-born groups in the United States

https://bit.ly/ImmigrantSpotlights
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Some gorgeous pre-dawn streaks today accompanied by a beautiful sliver of moon and a clingy Venus.
October 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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“my deranged relationship with my own body” really hit me

so many times I try to tell my body what to do and it simply doesn’t listen— even now, trying to type this, it’s like my fingers consider my brain’s commands as “loose suggestions”

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To the Editor: I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an I.Q. of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body. I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of the autistic community, depending on the estimate. For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low functioning in this new schema. Jason Jacoby Lee New York
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Sleeping deeply on an aloe leaf, dreaming lizard dreams...
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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On #Fronteras:
@mariannavarro.bsky.social talks to Mexican chef and TV host Pati Jinich and Amy Rushing of UTSA Special Collections. The conversation is a reflection on the preservation of culture through sharing recipes.
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Fronteras: San Antonio’s Mexican cookbook collection the ‘beating heart’ of Mexican cuisine and culture
Mexican chef Pati Jinich and UT San Antonio's Amy Rushing talk about the signficance of the food and history highlighted in the collection.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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On #Fronteras:
There are countless historic Latinx sites that are endangered because of development, climate change, or other factors.
@latinoheritageus.bsky.social released its inaugural list of 13 sites, 3 of which are in Texas.
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Fronteras: From churches to barrios — 13 endangered Latinx landmarks embody culture, resilience, and migration
The national nonprofit Latinos in Heritage Conservation released a list of landmarks that hold cultural and historical significance, and face demolition, neglect, or otherwise uncertain futures.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A lesser known impact of picking up #litter is the huge boost it gives to #mentalhealth

It only takes a minute but you immediately see the difference you’ve made & have the satisfaction of knowing they won’t harm an animal, a child or the #Environment
Try it!
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October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS a new ICE policy that went into effect last week to automatically detain unaccompanied migrant children on their 18th birthday when they “age out” of shelter care.

The TRO enforces a court order in a case brought by @immcouncil.org and @immigrantjustice.bsky.social.
Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case caption. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND TO ENFORCE FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and to Enforce the Permanent Injunction and accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities and Declarations (the "Motion"), and all other materials properly before this Court, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from implementing any new directive regarding age-outs; ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from detaining any class member in an adult ICE facility in any manner that contravenes the Permanent Injunction; ORDERED that Defendants immediately rescind any determinations to detain based on this directive; ORDERED that Defendants immediately produce that directive, any related policies regarding that directive, and the Age-Out Review Worksheets of any class members who may have been impacted by that directive, including all AORs issued since October 1, 2025. SO ORDERED this 4th day of October 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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On our Saturday walk we came across art by the San Antonio sidewalk chalk artist known as @lakey360.bsky.social.
It was already faded, but we loved the message of HOPE!
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October 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Only in San Antonio!
#spurs #wemby
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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On #Fronteras:
How are the Trump administration strict immigration policies affecting immigrants now stranded in Latin America?
@msf.ca finds that they are trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.
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Fronteras: New report examines devastating impact of migration policy changes
The August report by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, finds the changes have left many immigrants trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Thanks to Morgan's for hosting Cello Vida at your annual Visionary Celebration!
We had a great time!
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM