San Antonio Democrat chastised for changing her name has used it professionally since 2015

Texas House candidate Kristian Carranza, a Democrat whom the Bexar County GOP accused of changing her name to woo Hispanic voters, has used that same surname in professional settings since at least 2015, according to former colleagues. The controversy surrounding the Carranza's last name made headli

Fired San Antonio poet laureate sues the city over his removal

Celebrated Chicano writer Nephtalí De León has sued the City of San Antonio and the director of its Arts & Culture Department, alleging they violated his free speech rights by firing him as poet laureate. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, comes after city officials removed De Le

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The $43 million infusion the Port Arthur Independent School District received in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds accomplished more than Phyllis Geans could have ever im

San Antonio’s inaugural Xicanx Month celebrates power, scope of the Chicano Arts Movement

In 1962, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers Association, organizing agricultural workers to demand fair wages, legitimate contracts and improvements to the working and living conditions in California’s agribusiness centers. This push became a tidal wave that galvanize