Texas

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Discussion: Mobilizing Latino voters — perspectives from Texas and Arizona

Every 30 Seconds

How are grassroots organizations mobilizing Latinos to go to the polls? What was the impact of Latino voters in the 2020 election in Texas and Arizona?

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Her cousin was killed in a school shooting, but this exchange student decided to stay in the US

Education
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This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence

Immigration

Searching for Jandek

Arts, Culture & Media

Austin Airport Art

Arts, Culture & Media

DJ Screw Plays with Time

Arts, Culture & Media

In the 1990s Houston-based DJ Screw took popular hip-hop mixes and slowed them down to half their playing speed. The resulting sound has cast a spell over Texas.

DJ Screw Plays with Time

Arts, Culture & Media

In the 1990s, Houston-based DJ Screw took popular hip-hop mixes and slowed them down to half their playing speed. The resulting sound has cast a spell over Texas. (Originally aired: May 16, 2002)

Chili Gumbo

Arts, Culture & Media

Many of the New Orleans musicians who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina decided to make Austin, Texas their new home. In some ways, Austin and New Orleans are a natural fit: they’re both big music towns with a reputation for tolerance. But their signature styles of music might as well be from different coasts. Ginger […]

Girl in a Coma

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A junior high bonding moment over tortured Morrissey music led to the formation of the San Antonio band Girl in a Coma. Now the band – Jenn Alva and sisters Phanie and Nina Diaz – is getting attention from rock gods like Joan Jett. Their new album Trio B.C. pays tribute to the sisters’ grandfather, […]

Bonus Track: “Static Mind”

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From Girl in a Coma’s new album Trio B.C.