The Rio Grande Current
Fabiola Escalón, Bridgette Goldstein, Michelle Vallejo, Amérika García Grewal, LuanaI’m a grassroots organizer, independent media creator, and self-taught graphic designer sharing stories and struggles from South Texas — culture, politics, and everything in between.
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SNAP Is Way More Than a Food Program!
When I think about SNAP, I don’t immediately think about politics or government programs. I think back to my teenage years in the 1980s, when I worked as a cashier in a grocery store.
When I was a teenager, I worked at Riverview in Zapata....
For Luana González, Jim Hogg County is more than a place on a map.
For Luana Gonzalez, it is home. Her family’s ranch has been part of that landscape since 1742, when her ancestors arrived through a Spanish land grant. Her father was a cowboy. Her brother still runs the family ranch, raising cattle and r...
Shhh… Rural South Texas Jim Hogg County Has a Proposed Data Center. Who Knew?
In a county of fewer than 5,000 people, a proposed data center is raising questions about water, electricity, corporate interests and who gets to decide the future of a rural community.
Jim Hogg County is a place where people know their ne...
Starr County: Gina Hinojosa’s $1,500 or Abbott’s Tax Promise?
Gina Hinojosa’s proposal is straightforward: give Texas households $1,500.
For Starr County’s 19,157 households, that would mean nearly $28.7 million going directly to local families.
That is money families could use for groceries, car re...
The 100-Story Political Building
Imagine all statewide campaign cash as a 100-story building.
Republicans occupy roughly 96 floors. Democrats have about 4.
Now look at the penthouse.
Greg Abbott has more than $67 million in cash on hand. Dan Patrick has about $35.3 mill...
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Community activist to writer because the local media is not reporting the whole story in the RGV.
Analyst and writer on Christian nationalism, civil rights, and democratic erosion - examining how law, power, and narrative shape church-state separation in the United States.
Mom, community leader, organizer, and two-time TX-15 nominee. Senior Advisor for the Latino Victory Texas Coalition. Fighting for opportunity, representation, and a better future for all Texas families.
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