The Texas Road Food Takeover: Smoked, Fried And Tex-Mex
Recently, a friend and I rode bicycles from Brownsville, Texas, to Oklahoma, 738 miles from the Rio Grande to the Red River, just for the hell of it. Naturally, eating was the highlight of the journey....
View ArticleImmigrant Advocates Challenge The Way Mothers Are Detained
The federal government is opening new family detention centers for newly arrived immigrants in the hope it will speed the process of considering their claims for asylum, but civil rights advocates have...
View ArticleLegal Pot In The U.S. May Be Undercutting Mexican Marijuana
Made-in-America marijuana is on a roll. More than half the states have now voted to permit pot for recreational or medical use, most recently Oregon and Alaska. That number also includes the District...
View ArticleBorn In The U.S. But Turned Back At The Border, Time After Time
Maria Isabel de la Paz is a 30-year-old Houstonian who works at a Chick-fil-A. She holds the distinction of being a U.S. citizen who was prevented for a dozen years from entering the United States.Her...
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In Miami, Mixed Emotions Over Release Of Cuban Spies
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: I'm John Burnett in Miami. News of the trade of the three Cuban intelligence agents made a big splash in this...
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Businesses Buzz With Anticipation In Wake Of U.S.-Cuba Thaw
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View ArticleFor Cubans In Key West, A Longing To Fill In 'Gaps Of Who We Are'
Like Cuban-American families throughout the diaspora, the Garcias of Key West, Fla., gather on NocheBuena, or Christmas Eve, to catch up on news and eat a traditional meal of lechón, or roast pig.Wayne...
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Child Migrant Crisis Stemmed By Border Security Build-Up
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We look back now on the story that made big news in 2014 - tens of thousands of children illegally crossed the...
View ArticleAn Army Chaplain, First Tested By War, Finds His Faith Renewed
David Peters' life was supposed to be one continuous arc of piety and service.But for the U.S. Army chaplain, it's ended up a more circuitous route. Peters lost the very faith he was supposed to embody...
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Beefed-Up Border Security Proposal Unsettles Texas Business Leaders
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View ArticlePlanning Through Oil Booms Helps Small Producers Weather The Busts
Hard times have hit the oil fields. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude has dropped from a high of over $100 to less than $50. But Tracy Perryman, a small oilman in Luling, Texas, has learned how...
View ArticleWith Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia
This is the first story in a two-part report on the Mueller neighborhood for the NPR Cities Project. In Texas, a state where cars and private property are close to a religion, there is an acclaimed...
View ArticleA Texas Community Takes On Racial Tensions Once Hidden Under The Surface
This is the second story in a two-part report on the Mueller neighborhood for the NPR Cities Project. You can find part one here. The idea behind "new urbanism" is that a planned environment, designed...
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Hopes Soar As Drone Enthusiasts Greet New Rule Proposal
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Federal Aviation Administration has made its long-awaited announcement of how unmanned aerial vehicles -...
View ArticleExcitement Over Mexico's Shale Fizzles As Reality Sets In
The prolific shale formation that has made people rich in South Texas doesn't stop at the Rio Grande, as U.S. maps seem to indicate."The geology doesn't change when you cross that little 20-foot-deep...
View ArticleClosure Of Private Prison Forces Texas County To Plug Financial Gap
The Willacy County Correctional Center is empty now. The tall security fences and dome-like housing units set out on the coastal prairie have no one inside them.One morning late last month, the...
View ArticleMatamoros Becomes Ground Zero As Drug War Shifts On Mexican Border
Matamoros, which sits across the bridge from Brownsville, Texas, used to be a laid-back border town famed for margaritas and manufacturing.But for at least the past five years, it's grown more and more...
View ArticleNewly-Released Texas Inmates Prepare For A Long Ride To Freedom
Last year, 21,000 inmates were released in Huntsville, Texas — one of the largest prison towns in America. For most of them, their gateway to the free world is the Huntsville Greyhound station.Monday...
View ArticleHow Texas Ranchers Try To Clinch The Perfect Rib-Eye
We're heading into grilling season, which means breaking out the burgers and brats.
View Article9 Dead After Shootout Between Rival Biker Gangs In Central Texas
A brawl among as many as five rival motorcycle gangs turned deadly on Sunday in Waco, Texas. Nine bikers were killed and 18 injured at a popular sports bar frequented by the gangs. No bystanders or...
View Article'They're Not Gang Members': Bikers Protest Mass Arrests In Waco
Authorities in Waco, Texas, continue to investigate the deaths of nine motorcycle gang members in one of the worst biker brawls in recent times.
View ArticleWimberley Residents Leery Of River Weeks After Devastating Floods
Today, nearly two weeks after the catastrophic Memorial Day floods in Texas, search crews are still combing the banks of the Blanco River looking for three people who remain missing. They've already...
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Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Doesn't Make It Biblically Correct, Pastor Says
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes getting a sense of how the Supreme Court's monumental ruling on...
View ArticleCorruption On The Border: Dismantling Misconduct In The Rio Grande Valley
This week, NPR examines public corruption in South Texas. The FBI has launched a task force to clean up pervasive misconduct by public servants in the Rio Grande Valley. But as NPR's John Burnett and...
View ArticleWith Corruption Rampant, Good Cops Go Bad In Texas' Rio Grande Valley
This week,NPR examines public corruption in South Texas. The FBI has launched a task force to clean up entrenched misconduct by public officials in the Rio Grande Valley. In this installment of the...
View ArticleIn Rio Grande Valley, Some Campaign Workers Are Paid To Harvest Votes
This week, NPR examines public corruption in South Texas. The FBI has launched a task force to clean up entrenched wrongdoing by public servants in the Rio Grande Valley. In the final part of this...
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U.S. Immigration Agency Again Drops 'Family Friendly' Detention Centers
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: After facing a lot of criticism, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is changing the way it...
View ArticleHacking Iconic New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp Far From The Gulf
This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen.
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Donald Trump Explores Border Reform Measures In South Texas
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: A private jet bearing the name Trump in gold letters landed near the U.S.-Mexico border today. Donald Trump's...
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