Texas OKs Mexican-American studies curriculum under new name

The Texas Board of Education on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to creating statewide academic standards for a Mexican-American studies high school course — but only after changing the name to “ethnic studies,” […]

*This is awesome! VL By Grace Speas, The Daily Texan (3 minute read) Legendary Tejano accordionist Bruno Villarreal was sitting in a nursing home, blind, unable to walk and without his […]

By Wuicho Vargas Selena Quintanilla-Perez was, and will still be, our Queen of Tejas, our beautiful flower of Corpus Christi. It is March already, and along with the arrival of […]

By Wuicho Vargas One of the most beautiful Tejano singers I know is back; Selena’s voice will once again roam the radio stations in the United States in the form of […]

By Cindy Casares On Jan. 13, workers finally broke ground on the Texas Capitol site where a 525-square-foot statuary honoring the legacy of Tejanos, or Texans of Mexican and Spanish […]

By Wuicho Vargas Music, for me is more than just a bunch of notes played together at a certain rhythm. Music, for me, es vida!  I listen to all kinds of […]

Honestly, I feel kind of silly trying to summarize Selena’s music and career because, well, growing up in South Texas it wasn’t really an option to not know Selena. Releasing […]

By Saul Elbein, from the Texas Observer where this article was first published. Everything is going fine until Lupe Saenz sees the CDs. I’m paying my check at a run-down diner in […]

By Stace Medellín After fulfilling some obligations with their old record company, Capitol EMI, Intocable comes out swinging with their newest CD, 2011. Recorded on their own Good I Records, Intocable now owns […]

As I headed out last night to catch Austin’s psych-rock warriors the Black Angels at La Zona Rosa, I decided to take the hike and bike trail across town from […]