As the country becomes increasingly divided, Brownsville comes together.
The New York Times Magazine, June 2024
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Every year along the Texas border, high school teams battle it out in one of the nation’s most intense championship rivalries. But they’re not playing football.
The New York Times, November 2022
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They're not disengaged—they’re waiting to be heard, and fully understood.
Texas Monthly, November 2020
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The border between the United States and Mexico is in the news every day. But what is it like to visit destinations along the border?
The New York Times, February 2018
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How a civic-minded, cowboy-themed party came to represent an identity that’s not so easily split.
Texas Monthly, May 2017
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The messy, lonely, and visionary life of the first Texas writer - and the first Latino - to win the vaunted PEN/Faulkner award.
Texas Monthly, August 2013
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The Castro brother’s are Rosie’s boys, but they have a different story of America.
Zócalo Public Square, September 2012
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A $2 million bronze monument honoring Tejanos was unveiled at the Capitol last week. Here’s why it’s historically significant to all Texans.
Texas Monthly, March 2012
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For the women of Juárez, the terror of kidnapping - and worse - has never ended. Will it ever?
Texas Monthly, September 2011
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Inside the vicious cartel war in northern Mexico - and one family’s struggle to survive.
Texas Monthly, February 2011
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The neglected ’Third Space’ of the U.S.-Mexico border, an exotic fault line not easily accessible to mainstream understanding.
Zócalo Public Square, November 2010
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Each year, some 55,000 talented high school musicians try out for 1,500 chairs at the Super Bowl of band geekery: the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention in San Antonio. Once upon a time, I made the cut.
Texas Monthly, June 2007
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