Washington Crossing the Rio Grande
Performing patriotism in Laredo while Trump’s wall looms.
Daniel Blue Tyx
Articles by Daniel Blue Tyx
Who Writes History? The Fight to Commemorate a Massacre by the Texas Rangers
In 1918, a state-sanctioned vigilante force killed 15 unarmed Mexicans in Porvenir. When their descendants applied for a historical marker a century later, they learned that not everyone wants to remember one of Texas’ darkest days.
Raspa Revolution
A Rio Grande Valley tradition evolves for the social media age — with a few growing pains.
Swan Song
You won't find it on a highway map, but a 250-year-old village on the Rio Grande is internationally famous among birders. Will it survive Trump's wall?
The Day Shift
Adult day cares in the Rio Grande Valley are a cultural phenomenon. What can they teach us about health and wellness in an aging world?
Dance Without Borders
Ballet Nepantla erases boundaries between dance forms and explores what it means to be from the borderlands — both as a geographical place and a state of mind.
High-Wire Act
Laughter, fear and Trump at the Spanish-language circus on the Texas-Mexico border.
Inside the Nation’s First Bilingual University
UT-Rio Grande Valley looks to become the first 'bilingual, bicultural, biliterate' campus in the country.
Holding Back the Flood
For activists in the Valley’s colonias, success looks like a drainage ditch.
Insurgent Medicine
Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.