A poem by Gene Novogrodsky
You stupid shit.
You’ve done it all you life.
You see the tall man,
Cowboy hat on,
Cigarette in fingers,
Walking in Mexico,
Walking in the United States.
He’s calm, he’s loose,
He’s patient ….
You stupid shit.
He’s unemployed,
Tired, turned out ….
And you look
At him, from food and clothes and health,
From safety, through a bus window ….
You, you, just keep [...]

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A response from Gene Novogrodsky
State Representative Rene Oliveria contends that West Brownsville needs a road.
It does not!
But it does need repairs to Military Highway, West Elizabeth Street, West
Jefferson Street and Boca Chica Boulevard.
And it also needs a bike, hike and nature trail when the railroad is relocated.
As for traffic, you impatient drivers, leave several minutes [...]

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from Virginia Gause

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From Virginia Gause

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From Virginia Gause
The public is invited to hear Sandra Cisneros speak at UTPA Student Union Theater on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 4 pm. This will be a highlight of the 2009 FESTIBA Community Day http://coah.utpa.edu/festiba/Saturday.htm
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of the foremost contemporary authors. Cisneros’ first book “The House on Mango [...]

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From Virginia Gause
The Women’s Studies Committee at South Texas College will be hosting its third annual Human Trafficking Conference April 1-3 at the Pecan Campus in McAllen. The conference will include presentations by guest speakers and art exhibits on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border, and will focus on the political, social and economic causes [...]

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from Texas Folklife
The third annual competition invites young Texas and Louisiana players to compete for cash, an all-expenses-paid trip to perform in Germany with Hohner, Inc. and a day-long session at legendary SugarHill Recording Studios
Winner will perform at 20th annual Accordion Kings & Queens concert held on June 6 at Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theatre
Austin, Texas [...]

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An open invitation for the March to San Antonio in order to raise community and national awareness of the distance Valley Veterans must travel to receive Specialized, Surgical, and Urgent care because of the lack of a local VA Hospital.

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by Rudy H. García
It was not so long ago
When taking tacos for lunch
To school, wasn’t cool
It was humiliating, embarrassing
And even dog-gone degrading
For a mere handful of kids
To decide school lunch standards,
That peanut butter and jelly should fill your young belly
And teased for our bent taco and its tortilla filling
Was not at all good feeling
Mamas felt [...]

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