Healing traditions: how curanderismo is reviving cultural connection in the borderlands
October 14, 2025Mexican folk medicine is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. political climate.
Pablo De La Rosa
Award-winning journalist Pablo De La Rosa reports from the Texas-Mexico border, where he was born and raised. He covers stories from the Rio Grande Valley and North Tamaulipas.
Key Trump legislation boosts border security while cutting food aid for millions
October 9, 2025Analysts say the administration is making it harder for policymakers and the public to track the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Cristela Alonzo weighs in on why the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump
October 7, 2025Alonzo said Republicans gained influence in South Texas “through the church,” an observation echoed by political organizers in the region.
Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?
September 18, 2025“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
Friday morning LIVE + this week's interview on The Texas Standard
September 11, 2025Join me for a live discussion on Friday morning on Mexican environmental activists pushing back against SpaceX rocket launches in Tamaulipas, and listen to an interview on this story with The Texas Standard.
Communities push back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas
September 10, 2025A Mexican conservation group says Elon Musk’s rocket launches from South Texas are killing turtles, damaging homes, and littering Tamaulipas beaches with debris.
“A huge setback for the Starship program”: huge explosion at Starbase, no injuries
June 19, 2025Local environmental justice groups have been warning federal regulatory agencies about possible explosions at the Starbase facility for ten years.
"Disappearing before our eyes": Conservation group says the Rio Grande is endangered
April 21, 2025American Rivers said that the Rio Grande is "one of the least-funded and most overlooked major river basins in the United States."