Project Update - Our first week

Just one week in, Across The Americas (ATA) — the newsletter of insightful and independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley — has already welcomed 1,000+ individual readers online across thousands of page views, and just over one hundred email subscribers.

Stories from our first week

ATA stories this week included coverage of the historic and deadly flooding in the Rio Grande Valley, and a follow-up on community resources available to those seeking aid from flood damage.

We told the story of how Sergeant Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez, renowned Rio Grande Valley war hero removed from a U.S. history website by the Trump administration, earned his Purple Heart in Vietnam.

And this weekend, we published an in-depth report on the grassroots movement that culminated in valley-wide protests in solidarity with the national "Hands off!" movement on Saturday.

After deadly floods, the Rio Grande Valley rallies amid a limited state response

Cities, counties, and residents in the Rio Grande Valley have responded to the record-breaking level of rain this week with collaborative force.

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‘This is old-fashioned racism’: Texas Rep rebukes Trump’s removal of war hero’s history page

The removal of Sgt. Gonzalez from a U.S. history website has become a political flashpoint in South Texas

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More than 3,000 complete damage surveys in the Rio Grande Valley after historic floods

LUPE, a local nonprofit, is urging residents to complete the iSTAT damage survey to ensure the region qualifies for federal help.

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Progressive organizers in the Rio Grande Valley find new footing as they protest to save ‘working-class’ programs

Residents say political momentum is building as demonstrators across the Valley gather to defend programs viewed as lifelines for working-class communities.

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ATA is just getting started. ✨ A huge thanks to everyone who’s read, shared, and supported this journey so far. 🙏

About Across the Americas

Across The Americas is the newsletter of cross-national, independent journalism produced from the Texas-Mexico corridor, covering the binational region and the deep roots its people share across the continent.

Join four-time award-winning journalist Pablo De La Rosa as he reports on the global forces shaping these regional communities today.

Pablo's voice has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, Texas Public Radio, The Border Chronicle, The Texas Standard and Lighthouse Reports documentaries. In 2022, Pablo helped launch and host the first daily Spanish-language newscast in public media for Texas, broadcasting from the Rio Grande Valley for San Antonio’s NPR member station.