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From Red to Wary: Border Towns Rethink Trump Support at 100-Day Mark
From Red to Wary: Border Towns Rethink Trump Support at 100-Day Mark

With a symbolic benchmark of the Trump presidency, border communities weigh security gains against economic pain — and some voters are having second thoughts.

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Vinyl Frontier: The Record Store That Resurrects Rio Grande Valley’s Lost Grooves
Vinyl Frontier: The Record Store That Resurrects Rio Grande Valley’s Lost Grooves

Two South Texas collectors are helping a new generation rediscover the music that shaped the border — and giving it a permanent home one record at a time. 

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From Taco Drive to Detention: An Immigrant’s 25-Year American Dream Interrupted by ICE
From Taco Drive to Detention: An Immigrant’s 25-Year American Dream Interrupted by ICE

Oscar Muñoz built a life, a family, and a thriving business. He now faces deportation — and the unraveling of everything he’s known.

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Emiliano, two languages ​​and a system that doesn't understand his
Emiliano, two languages ​​and a system that doesn't understand his

Emiliano, a boy diagnosed with adhd, faces a system that doesn't know how to see him. While he deals with labels and barriers, his mother — a Guatemalan journalist and refugee in the United States — fights to pave the way for him, convinced that her son is not a problem to be fixed, but a beautiful mind that the world has not yet learned to understand.

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