‘Fighting the good fight’ — Artists confront injustice, inequity through ACLU artist-in-residency program
Artist Vincent Valdez and writer KB Brookins discuss how they're promoting advocacy through the arts as part of the program's 2025-26 term.
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Border Soundscapes Project captures the aural history and identity of the borderland
A professor in El Paso who lives in the Mexican city of Juárez aimed to capture and document the everyday sounds that are a part of border experience.
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Fronteras: The road to untold history — Latinos in Heritage Conservation preserves Latinx sites and stories
The group took a long road trip last month through the Southwestern United States with a goal to visit the places that communities value as a connection to their history and culture—and share the untold stories.
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Fronteras: Death of Jonathan Joss highlights systemic disparities in Native and LGBTQ communities
Joss, a member of the LGBTQ community, was also of Comanche and White Mountain Apache descent. His death highlights a crisis of underreported mental health disparities.
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Fronteras: Former child detainee shares his harrowing immigrant journey in 'Detained'
D. Esperanza details his 10-month journey from Honduras to the U.S. through reconstructed and translated journal entries.
"Fronteras" is a Texas Public Radio program exploring the changing culture and demographics of the American Southwest. From Texas to New Mexico and California, "Fronteras" provides insight into life along the U.S.- Mexico border. Our stories examine unique regional issues affecting lifestyle, politics, economics and the environment.
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