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Presenting on my book in progress Tending The Frontera: A History of the Texas Borderlands Through The Women That Shaped It (Today at 1 PM)

Jovita Idar is honored in San Antonio!!!

The violence against immigrants, protesters and civilian observers in Minneapolis has sparked renewed calls for oversight of the Border Patrol. It is a pattern abuse with a long history in Mexican American communities on the border, icymi from me and Eileen Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

On January 21, 1948, Sen. James Eastland of Mississippi led a successful campaign to block an anti-lynching bill, which would have held members of lynch mobs and local law enforcement officers accountable for their role in racial terror lynchings.

Gertrudis de la Garza Falcón Doña Gertrudis de la Garza Falcón (1734–1789) was my fifth great grandmother and was the owner of all the Espíritu Santo grant, with its cattle, horses, mules, sheep, and goats and the godmother of the ranching industry as we know it.

Working on my new book, Tending To The Frontera: A Palimpsest of the Texas Borderlands Through the Women Who Shaped It to be published by Texas Tech University Press in 2027.

Jose Clemente Orozco. Detail of " Destruction of the Old Order" 1926 Mexico City - Emiliano Zapata at the center surrounded by corrupt politicians and generals hoarding money.

From guest columnist + UT faculty member Steve Wechsler: “I do not see evidence of intolerance to diverse views at UT. What I see is a range of departments seeking truth from different angles, creating a university that is greater than the sum of its parts.” ❤️ www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

CAMINATA: More than 100 gather at La Matanza marker – San Benito News www.sbnewspaper.com/2025/11/07/c...

Presenting today at 8:15 AM at the WHA in Albuquerque

Please join us on Thursday, October 9th from 6-8 PM in the OLLU Sueltenfuss Library for our opening reception on the 2nd floor. We will have introductions by Jessie Degallado, legendary reporter and the exhibit creators, Juan Carmona and Nicholle Moreno

From Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

Fronteras: ‘They simply ceased to exist’ — New report aims to identify those killed during state-sanctioned killings | TPR www.tpr.org/podcast/fron...

The Scottsboro Boys Museum: How this Alabama town refusing to forget its civil rights story | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/travel/north...

As civil rights books are pulled from school shelves, one Alabama town is refusing to forget its story www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

For more information, contact Christopher Carmona at [email protected] or Natalie Sanchez-Lopez at [email protected].

Scholarships available!! Simply click on pay by invoice. See the Eventbrite link for a detailed schedule of events: bit.ly/443vnRW Sponsored by the Jinny Chalmers Fund for Education Justice

This Saturday!!!

My Sesame Street Poem! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers✒️

RGV friends!!! I will at Búho on May 24th…come out and get a signed copy of the newest Rinche book

The Long Shadow of Mexico’s War Over Catholicism www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...

On #Fronteras: The undertold history of La Matanza is highlighted in the YA series "El Rinche" by Christopher Carmona @ccarmona.bsky.social of @refusing2forget.bsky.social. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social Listen here: shorturl.at/RqgUc

My interview with Norma Martinez on Fronteras on TPR